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You have been walking up the mountain since almost 8 hours ago all through the night, just being part of the lanterns parade. Temperature something between -10º to -15º celsius. Since there is not amusement possible with the landscape because of the darkness, you just wait and wish endlessly for sun to come and warm you up, for the dawn to begin to clear your eyes up. The firsts, the quickers one are already there, you can see them like waiting for you.
Finally the dawn starts to drawn the Mawenzi mountain already under your regard although it has more than 5100 meters of altitud, and oh boy! A yellow orange sea of clouds joyfully warning you that the top of Africa is just right there, very, very near...

This photo was taken arriving to Stella point which is the border of the crater, from there to Uhuru Peak is just a tiny and soft climb up... yes, you are almost there, where not even Ernest Hemingway tried to arrive, although he wrote a wonderful short story about the mountain, something you wont achieve ever in your life time... The time of the Kilimanjaro.

PS: Just dedicate this photo to a friend living somewhere around Loughborough... Take your time, but I hope to see you around TE soon.

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Ya van ocho horas caminando cuesta arriba y atravesando la noche. La temperatura ente -10 y -15 grados. Ya que es imposible entretenerse con el paisaje, oculto en la oscuridad, sólo queda esperar y desear sin descanso que salga el Sol y te caliente, que el amanecer ilumine tus ojos. Los primeros, los más rápidos, ya están arriba, imaginas que están esperándote a tí.
Finalmente el amanecer dibuja la montaña Mawenzi ya bajo tus ojos, aunque su pico se eleva a más de 5100 metros de altitud, entonces ¡Oh amigos! Un mar de nubes amarillo-anarajadas alegremente te advierten que la cima de África está ahí mismo, muy, muy cerca...
Esta foto se hizó llegando al pico Stella, ya en el borde del cráter, desde allí al pico Uhuru sólo queda una pequeña y suave cuesta... Sí, ya casi has llegado, allí donde ni siquiera Ernerst Hemingway lo hizo, aunque si logró escribir un relato sobre esta montaña, algo que sabes tú nunca conseguirás en toda tu vida... Tu vida en el Kilimanjaro.

Gracias

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Additional Photos by Miguel Parra Jimenez (MiguelP) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1975 W: 57 N: 3146] (14324)
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