On the road down from Kijabe. That's Longonot in the distance
Tree-bare steeps to our right on the main road to Naivasha.
A yellow-bark acacia tree in the Longonot parking area.
There are sometimes buffalo on the hike up the volcano, but we only saw this one on our trip
Before the hike (mountain in background). We seemed so young and foolish then...
A pit stop on the way up (this is still only the first steep ascent towards the rim).
On the first plateau. The plains behind us and....
...the ascent to the rim ahead
I only had the strength to take one quick photo backwards during the second steep climb.
That's our starting point on the other side of the plateau (to the left).
Finally at the crater rim.
A look into the crater. I got some good panorama shots that I need to assemble at home.
The highest peak is our next destination.
Another glance inward. It looks perfect for an undiscovered dinosaur species in there...
The other half of the rim stretching out.
A look down the shear rock walls of the rim into the crater.
This would be a long, bad fall.
On the trail to the summit we found this sign. It seems like a joke (given how steep it really is).
Joe next to the "trail" to the crater basin floor. I only saw footprints going in.
One of the many peaks on the way to the summit.
We politely let this guy pass as we neared the top. This is very steep climb (if it wasn't obvious)
A look back at Lake Naivasha, a fertile area from a previous lava flow,
and the trail behind us as we reached...
...the summit!
Another look back. our starting point on the rim was to the right of that
small white streak running into the crater on the far right of the photo.
Into the crater from the summit
West to Hell's Gate (from previous posts)
Clouds over Kenya
Coming down the other side of the summit, a look towards Kijabe.
Kate, this position is how I ended up burning the back of my arms.
Joe looking intrepid
It's a shame this cloud missed us. It got incredibly hot coming down,
and the bright dust and rock would reflect the heat right in my face.
Where's my hang-glider?
Just past the halfway point, a look back to the side of the crater we need to get to.
And a look back up to the summit we have just descended.
We spotted this dust devil on the rim. Interestingly, the town just above it's visible peak is Kijabe.
On the low-end of the rim, I took this picture just before we somehow got off the main path and ended up on what I suspect was a game trail that wound down the outside of the volcano.
Fortunately, it let us to the main trail as it was running up to the summit from the parking area.
The parking area is in sight!
Our yellow-brick road, almost done.
A look back at the mountain.
Our after picture.
Like I said, it was dusty. My shoes were a different color to begin with.
Joe with his sock. I threw mine away. They were not salvageable.
Driving to lunch after hiking, a look back at the mountain.
We had lamb pre-ordered by Phillip from our favorite hotel.
Also, Phillip met us after our hike with Ndazi. I only hope to be as awesome someday.
After lunch we went to a resort near Naivasha. These are some flowers at the resort.
Phillip haggled for our entrance to the pool.
We swam for an hour or so. This is a really nice resort.
Random flowers growing in the grass
After swimming, we went to Naivasha Town for some supplies.
Here's the sun sinking outside the Naivas grocery store (from a previous post).
Another Kenyan Hospital. Pretty incredible in comparison to Vanderbilt.
The sun setting on the road to Kijabe. The theme song to The Simpson's
(more like theme music, I guess) was playing on the radio when this was taken. Strange.
I probably would have more to say about the day, but I'm much to tired. If I think of anything I'll include it in future posts. Goodnight.
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