Alanui Machame

Ma hope o kaʻaina kakahiaka e hoʻoneʻeʻiaʻoe i ka Machame Gate ma Kilimanjaro National Park mai kahi e hoʻomaka ai kāu huakaʻi. I kēia lā, e hele ma waena o ka wao ua nani me nā mea kanu paʻa, pinepine ma ke ala lepo lepo, me nā ʻāpana pōkole o nā piʻi pali. He lohi a ʻoluʻolu loa ka huakaʻi hele, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā ʻoe i lawa ka manawa e leʻaleʻa i ke ʻano kūlohelohe, e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi a nibble i kāu ʻaina awakea i hoʻolako ʻia. ʻO ka kahua hoʻomoana mua, ʻo Machame Camp, aia ma ka lihi o ka wao ua nui, e hāʻawi ana i kāu kiʻi mua o ka mauna ma kahi mamao.

Mai Machame Camp e hoʻomau ana ke ala ma luna o ka ʻāina ʻoi aʻe me ka hele maʻalahi. Hoʻololi ka mea kanu i nā kumulāʻau liʻiliʻi a me nā nahele i loko o ka moorland. Nui nā pua Proteas a me Erica ma ke ala ke kiʻekiʻe ʻoe ma ke ala. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona o ka piko o Kibo a me Uhuru me kona piko i uhi ʻia i ka hau e lilo i mea ʻike maʻamau iā ʻoe ma kahi kokoke i Shira Camp. ʻO ke kahua hoʻomoana kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa no ka mea hiki iā ia ke nānā i ke komohana me ka mauna Meru ma kahi mamao a hāʻawi i nā hiʻohiʻona o Kibo (ka piko o ka mauna Kilimanjaro). ʻIke pinepine ʻoe i ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā mai Shira me nā ao ma lalo ou a me nā piko mauna kiʻekiʻe e kiʻi mai ana e hopu i ka lā hope loa. ʻO kahi holo pōkole wale nō mai kahi hoʻomoana ʻo Shira Caves. Hana kēia i kahi hele acclimatization maikaʻi loa ma mua o kou leʻaleʻa i ka ʻaina ahiahi maikaʻi a me ka hoʻomaha maikaʻi o ka pō.

I kēia lā, piʻi ʻoe a hiki i 4,630 m (15,190 ft) ke hele ʻoe i kahi kualapa a nānā i nā pāpū ma lalo loa. ʻO ka hele wāwae ʻana ma ka wao nahele alpine me nā pōhaku i hoʻopuehu ʻia a puni ka lepo e pili ana i nā pōhaku e hāʻawi i ka manaʻo e hele ana ʻoe ma ka mahina. Ma ka hale kiaʻi ʻo Lava, kahi ʻāpana pōhaku nui, ʻike ʻoe i ka hau glacier kahiko o ka Breach Wall ma Kibo ma mua o ka iho ʻana i Barranco Camp. Ke hele nei ke ala i ka "Garden of the Senecios", kahi e hōʻike ana i nā mea kanu senecio nui a me nā mea kanu lobelia. ʻO ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā a me ka puka ʻana o ka lā ma kēia kahua hoʻomoana. Ua pena ka lā i nā pōhaku i mua o ke kahua hoʻomoana i kahi ʻulaʻula melemele moeʻuhane me ka hau keʻokeʻo o nā piko kiʻekiʻe e ʻālohilohi ana. I ka nānā ʻana i ka hema hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi o Moshi ma lalo loa. Moe pinepine ʻoe ma luna o nā ao ma Barranco Camp.

Hoʻomaka ka lā me ka holo ʻana i luna o ka 'Barranco Wall', a laila hele mākou i 3-4 mau hola a kū i ke awāwa ʻo Karanga no ka ʻaina awakea. I ke awakea, huli mau ke ala i uka. E ulu aʻe ke anuanu a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻāina i ko mākou kokoke ʻana i ke kahua hoʻomoana o Barafu. Hoʻonoho ʻia ʻo Barafu Camp ma kahi wahi pālahalaha liʻiliʻi ma ke kualono, e hana ana i kahi kahua hoʻomoana kahi āu e hoʻāʻo ai i kou piko i ke aumoe i kēia pō. E ʻai a inu i ka nui ma mua o kou hoʻi ʻana i kou hale lole no ka hoʻomaha a me ka hiamoe.

E ala aʻe i ke kakahiaka nui e ʻai a me kahi mea mahana e inu ai ma mua o ka hele ʻana i ka pōʻeleʻele. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana i Stella Point kahi hele wāwae lohi loa ma ka lua pele no kahi o 5-6 mau hola. ʻO nā kukui poʻo ma ke ala e hele ai i ka piko e like me nā ahi e lele ana ma ka lālani lōʻihi. I kou hoʻokokoke ʻana i ka lua pele e hauʻoli ʻoe i ka hikina o ka lā poina ʻole āu e ʻike ai - ka puka ʻana o ka lā ma luna o ʻApelika! ʻIke pinepine ʻoe i ka ʻoni ʻana o ka honua ma kēia kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a ʻo ka puka ʻana o ka lā ma ka ʻaoʻao e hoʻokūpaʻa wale iā ia. E hoʻomākaukau i kāu pahupaʻikiʻi i nā manawa a pau no ka mea he nui nā manawa kiʻi ma ka piko. Ke hiki aku ʻoe i Stella Point ma luna o ka lua pele, aia ʻo Uhuru Peak. Holo ma ka ʻāina palahalaha ma kahi o 40-45 min a hiki i ka Puʻu ʻo Uhuru. E hoʻolilo i kekahi mau minuke ma luna a kiʻi i kēlā kiʻi iā ʻoe ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka hōʻailona e kaha ana i ka piko - ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻokahi no kāu hōʻiliʻili.
E iho i lalo mai Uhuru Peak me ka hauʻoli i kou hoʻokō ʻana i kāu pahuhopu. ʻO ke ala e iho ana mai Stella Point ma ke ala Mweka e leʻaleʻa pinepine ʻia e ka poʻe hele wāwae e heʻe ana i lalo o ka pali scree, e komo ana i ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i lalo o ka ʻiliʻili ākea me nā ʻanuʻu nui a me nā neʻe ʻaoʻao. E ho'āʻo, he leʻaleʻa! Me nā ʻanuʻu a pau e iho ana i kou kino e hauʻoli i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka oxygen e hanu ai. Ma muli o kou manaʻo, e hauʻoli paha ʻoe i kahi hoʻomaha pōkole ma Barafu Camp ma mua o ka iho ʻana i lalo i ka Millennium Camp a i ʻole Mweka Camp. ʻO ka hapa nui o kā mākou huakaʻi i ka pō ma Mweka Camp i kēia ahiahi.

Hoʻomaka ka lā me ka holo ʻana i luna o ka 'Barranco Wall', a laila hele mākou i 3-4 mau hola a kū i ke awāwa ʻo Karanga no ka ʻaina awakea. I ke awakea, huli mau ke ala i uka. E ulu aʻe ke anuanu a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻāina i ko mākou kokoke ʻana i ke kahua hoʻomoana o Barafu. Hoʻonoho ʻia ʻo Barafu Camp ma kahi wahi pālahalaha liʻiliʻi ma ke kualono, e hana ana i kahi kahua hoʻomoana kahi āu e hoʻāʻo ai i kou piko i ke aumoe i kēia pō. E ʻai a inu i ka nui ma mua o kou hoʻi ʻana i kou hale lole no ka hoʻomaha a me ka hiamoe.

E hauʻoli i ka holo mālie ma ka wao ua a hiki i ka ʻīpuka Mweka. ʻAʻole ia he mea kakaikahi ka ʻike ʻana i nā Monkey Colobus ʻEleʻele a me ke Keʻokeʻo ma nā kumulāʻau a me nā Monkey Blue. E hoʻokaʻawale i ka manawa e leʻaleʻa ai i nā mea ulu ulu me ka ʻumiʻumi o ka Old Man (lāʻau moss) e ulu ana ma nā kumulāʻau nunui a me kekahi mau Giant Ferns kiʻekiʻe ma luna o ka moena ulu lāʻau. He nui nā ʻanuʻu ma ke ala e alakaʻi iā ʻoe i lalo i ka ʻīpuka Mweka kahi āu e ʻike ai i ka pia anu a i ʻole ka mea inu ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomaka ai e hoʻolauleʻa i kou hoʻouka kaua ʻana iā Kilimanjaro.
E hoʻihoʻi ʻia ʻoe i Moshi, Keys Hotel a i ʻole like, i ka pō a hoʻolauleʻa (me ka ʻaina kakahiaka).

I kēia ahiahi e hui aku kāu mau alakaʻi iā ʻoe e hāʻawi i kāu palapala Kilimanjaro.