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Preparing for departure from the ranger station.
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Weighing loads for the porters.
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Setting out from Nyakalengija.
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Entering the national park.
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Looking across dense jungle in the Rwenzori foothills.
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At the Mihunga park entrance.
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Clouds over the Rwenzori foothills.
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Ascending a steep path through jungle to Nyabitaba.
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A first river crossing.
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Phil takes a rest near the top of the first day's climb.
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Descending to the Bujuku river crossing.
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Misty rain forest conditions.
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Rain descends across the Bujuku valley.
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Crossing a stream in bamboo forest.
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Slippery logs designed to assist passage through boggy woodland got a mixed reception.
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Waterfall and Rwenzori lichen.
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The Bujuku River at John Matte Hut.
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A glimpse of Mt Stanley from John Matte Hut.
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The porters huts beside John Matte Hut, with Mt Stanley in the distance.
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Looking east back down the Bujuku valley from John Matte Hut.
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Looking towards Mt Stanley from near John Matte Hut.
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Crossing the Bujuku River below John Matte Hut.
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In the Bujuku valley, approaching the Upper Bigo Bog.
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Looking across the Upper Bigo Bog past giant groundsels.
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A stream at the far end of the Upper Bigo.
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Phil crosses a makeshift bridge beyond the Upper Bigo Bog.
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Lake Bujuku.
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Red moss and giant groundsels.
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Bujuku camp site, with Lake Bujuku behind.
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Mt Baker (4843m) from the Stuhlman Pass.
