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Our truck, the Giant Lobelia, parked outside the Naro Moru River Lodge
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Crossing the Equator at Nanyuki
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Entering Mt Kenya National Park at the Sirimon Gate.
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Walking through bamboo forest on the main track up to Judmeier Campsite.
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Looking north through rainforest on the climb up to Judmeier.
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Forest gives way to moorland as we follow power lines up to Judmeier at around 3000m.
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A window onto East Africa, through bushes at the Judmeier Campsite.
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Judmeier Campsite, early morning.
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Porters prepare to leave the Judmeier Campsite, with the twin summits of Mt Kenya visible in the distance.
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Looking back downhill during the climb up from Judmeier.
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Nelion and Batian, the twin summits of Mt Kenya, seen on the climb from Judmeier.
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Another view of Nelion and Batian on the climb from Judmeier.
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Looking north over the Kenyan plateau on the climb from Judmeier.
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Nelion and Batian, the twin summits of Mt Kenya, seen between Giant Lobelias on the Sirimon Route.
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Giant Lobelia, on the Sirimon Route up Mount Kenya.
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The Barrow rises 4192m beside the Sirimon Route up Mount Kenya.
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Pausing to put jackets on as clouds descend over The Barrow.
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Liki North camp site, seen across the Liki North Valley on the approach from Judmeier.
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Rock Hyrax seen at Liki North campsite.
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Looking along the Liki North Valley from the Liki North campsite.
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The Liki North campsite, at 3993m on Mount Kenya.
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Terere (left) and Point Lenana (middle) disappearing into cloud during the climb from Liki North.
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Giant Groundsel growing by the path from Liki North, in front of Sendeo (4704m) and Terere (4714m).
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Looking down the Liki North Valley towards the Kenyan plateau.
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Nelion and Batian in cloud during the climb from Liki North.
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Another view of Nelion and Batian in cloud during the climb from Liki North.
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Walking through a strange landscape of giant groundsels in the Mackinder Valley.
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A rock hyrax by the path in the Mackinder Valley.
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A view of one of Terere (left) and Sendeo (right) from Shipton's Camp.
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Giant groundsel at Shipton's Camp, in front of Terere and Sendeo.
