Mt KENYA - SIRIMON ROUTE
Company - Savage Wilderness Safaris
Guides - 5 guides
29 school children and 15 parents and 3 teachers
Banda School
Day 1 - Sirimon gate to Leaky North
Distance Walked - 16kms
Walk Time - 3 and a half hours
Altitude - 4000m
Altitude gain - 1200m
Reason - Solo walked to leaky North to catch up with the group as I missed their day 1 walk from gate to Old Moses, due to other commitments.
Day 2 - Leaky North to Shiptons Camp
Distance walked - 7kms
Walk Time - 5hours
Altitude - 4200m
Altitude gain - 200m
Day 3 - Shipton camp to Lenana summit (4985m ASL) and back to Old Moses (I then walked off teh mountain leaving the group with the other guides to do their last final walk the next day)
Distance walked - 18kms
Altitude - 3400m ASL
Notes - Summit start at 2am one girl was not ill but was batteling with the fitness of getting up to the summit, assisted by linking arms and helping her walk up the steep ground, she summitted successfully. Later after returning to Shiptons camp one parent was ill so her an I walked to Old Moses faster than the rest of the school to get her to low altitude fast. She recovered well on our decent.
