Kili Jrnl - Day 4

Barranco to Karanga; sent birthday text to Evan - wonder if he got it...
Cleared off during night. It's a good thing I get up to pee - there are some great views and they look spooky at night. So - day started off beautifully. I had high hopes that we might forego the rain....Started up the Barranco Wall - a steep vertical ascent and the clouds started building...

2:30 now - and still raining! Talked with some boys in the porter's hut; that doesn't last long with my limited Swahili - but people here seem to appreciate that you try and communicate. They were having ugali and samaki (ugali -a very stiff corn porrridge - a staple - and tiny little dried fish called I think dagu) Walked around looking at rocks and plants - talked with Carl and Ryoko - he is reading THE STATE OF AFRICA - definitely need to put that on my reading list when I get home. Went to cook tent for a few minutes to take some pix of the "chef" at work - but it was so foggy in there with the cooking going on and all of the humidity in the air that my camera just fogged up... yup - this pretty much sucks - at the moment
Walked around some more - looking at rocks and plants - what else!? some elaborate cairns. Can see outline of nearby ridges and gorges through swirling mist - and hear birds..

Finished trashy book ~1 that I picked up at the CCS house just before leaving. Starting # 2 - Riding the BUs WIth My SIster ....bought a tshirt - can you believe someone is selling tshirts up here!!! feeling anxious aout summit day - tomorrow at midnight...