Mt KENYA - SIRIMON ROUTE
Company - Savage Wilderness Safaris
Guides - 5 guides
2 ISK School groups first group to leave 3 September and second group to leave 5 September.
Day 1 - Walk from Sirimon Gate to Old Moses
Distance walked - 9kms
Walk time - 4 and a half hours
Altitude - 3400m ASL
Altitude gain - 400m
Day 2 - Walk from Old Moses to Leaky North
Distance Walked - 7kms
Walk Time - 6 hours
Altitude -4000m ASL
Altitude gain - 600m
Day 3 - walk leaky North back to Sirimon gate and back to Old Moses with second school group
Distance walked - 16kms
Walk time - 3 hours
Altitude - 3400m
Altitude gain- 400m
Reason of returning - 3 girls were suffering from headaches had needed to be returned to a lower altitude.
Day 4 - Old Moses to Leaky North
Distance walked - 7kms
Walk Time - 6hours
Altitude - 400m ASL
Altitude gain - 600m
Day 5 - Leaky North back to Sirimon Gate, Sirimon gate back to Shiptons camp.
Distance walked - 30kms
Walk Time - 7 hours
Altitude - 4200m
Altitude gain - 200m
Reason of returned - 5 children were suffering headaches and vomiting, early stages of altitude sickness.
Day 6 - Shiptons to Old Moses
Distance walked - 14kms
Walk Time - 6 hours
Altitude - 3400m
Day 7 - Old Moses back to Sirimon Gate
Distance walked - 9kms
Walk time - 2 hours
