Alanui Lemosho

ʻEkolu hola kaʻa mai Moshi e lawe iā ʻoe i ka Londorossi Park Gate aia ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana o Kilimanjaro. Ma ka puka ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana e holo i ke alahele ma Lemosho Glades a hoʻomaka i kāu huakaʻi ma waena o ka nahele ua.

Ma nā wahi ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka mea kanu a ulu pono ia ma ke ala haiki. ʻOi aku ka waiwai o nā mea kanu a me nā holoholona ma mua o nā ala kaulana ʻē aʻe ma o ka nahele ua. Ma kahi o 3 - 4 mau hola e hōʻea ai ʻoe i kou kahua hoʻomoana i ka nahele ua ma Mti Mkubwa (Laau Nui).

Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka, e ʻaʻa i ke koena o ka nahele ua hele i ka ʻāina moorland pilikua. ʻO kēia lā he 6 - 7 hola huakaʻi me ka loaʻa kiʻekiʻe o 2,330 ft. ʻO kahi kūʻai awakea nui ma ke awāwa nani ma waho o ka Crater Shira ma kahi o 10,000 ft. Ma hope o ka ʻaina awakea e hele ʻoe i loko o ka Shira Caldera, kahi kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka wao nahele i kipa ʻole ʻia. ʻO Shira ke kolu o nā lua pele o Kilimanjaro, a ua hoʻopiha ʻia me ke kahe pele mai Kibo Peak. Ua hoʻopau ʻia ka ʻaoʻao lua e ka wā a me ka hana lua pele. I kēia lā e loaʻa iā ʻoe kāu ʻike pili mua o Kibo - ka piko koʻikoʻi o Kilimanjaro.

E lawe malie i keia la; hana ʻia kāu piʻi ʻana i nā lā mua ʻelua, no laila pono ʻoe e hele mālie a paʻa. E hālāwai ʻoe i kekahi mau ʻāpana pali ma ka piʻi ʻana - akā ma ka maʻamau ʻaʻole paʻakikī loa. E hele mua ana ka poʻe kiaʻi puka a i kekahi manawa me ʻoe - e hōʻoia i kēlā me kēia lā e loaʻa iā ʻoe kāu mau pono ponoʻī a pau me ʻoe i loko o kāu ʻeke lā, no ka mea, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke komo i ka ʻeke a ka mea lawe puka e lawe ai.

Paʻakikī nā kūlana ma kēia ala, a na kāu alakaʻi a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e hana i nā mea āpau e hiki ai iā lākou ke ʻoluʻolu a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi i kou piʻi ʻana. E ʻai maikaʻi - ma nā pae kiʻekiʻe e emi ana kou ʻai.

Hoʻomoana ma Shira – he wahi hoʻomoana maikaʻi a me ke anuanu, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i ka ua a i ʻole ka hau, a i ke kakahiaka hiki ke hoʻomaloʻo ka honua a me nā hale lole. E ʻike naʻe ʻoe i kekahi o nā pukana a me ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā e like me kāu uku no ka hoʻomoana ma ʻaneʻi!

Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka e hoʻomau i kahi huakaʻi hikina ma ka Shira Plateau ma mua o ka Shira Cathedral a hiki i Shira Two Camp. Loaʻa iā ʻoe he 700 kapuaʻi i ke kiʻekiʻe - hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa mālie i ke kiʻekiʻe. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona o ka pāpū he mea liʻiliʻi loa. 

*E MAKEMAKE hiki ke hana i ka hike i luna i ka la hookahi: e hele ma kahi o Shira Camp 1 a hoomau i ka po ma Shira Camp 2. Paipai makou e hana ia i na la elua e like me ka olelo maluna.

Mai Shira Camp 2 e holo aku ʻoe i Barranco ma lalo iho o ka hale kiaʻi ʻo Lava - ke hele nei ʻoe ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 4,500m, ʻoiai e kaʻahele ana i ka ʻaoʻao hema o ke kuahiwi. He mau ʻāpana kiʻekiʻe o ka puʻu a me nā awāwa, ʻo kekahi mau ʻāpana e like me ke ʻano he 'ʻāina mahina' a me kahi iho ʻoi loa i Barranco – he lā lōʻihi a luhi hoʻi, ma kahi o 7 mau hola o ka hele wāwae.  

ʻO kēia kekahi o kou mau lā koʻikoʻi no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana - hele i ke kiʻekiʻe mai 3,800m a hiki i 4,500m, a laila hoʻi i ka pō i 3,900 m. Eia hou, e hoʻoikaika iā ʻoe iho e loaʻa mālie ke kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka mahana wela o ka pō ma Barranco, kahi hoʻomoana kupanaha loa, hiki ke anuanu (nā hau pō).

Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka, ʻo kāu keakea mua e uhaʻi i ka pā Baranco, kahi pōhaku 600 kapuaʻi. Aia ma luna o ka pā, e maʻalahi a nani loa ka piʻi ʻana me nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi o nā pali a me nā puʻupuʻu o nā puʻu iʻa ma kou hema. A laila iho ʻoe i ke awāwa ʻo Karanga. ʻO ka ʻaina ahiahi a me ka pō ma Karanga Valley Campsite. 

Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka e hoʻomau pololei i ka Hut Barafu. Ke hoʻomaka nei ka lahilahi o ka ea, a e pau ana ka hanu i kou piʻi ʻana mai ke awāwa ʻo Karanga. He piʻi mālie a hiki i ka hale noho ʻo Barafu a hauʻoli ʻoe i kou noho ʻana ma Karanga no ka pō. ʻO Barafu ke ʻano o ka "hau" ma ka ʻōlelo Swahili, a he anuanu loa ma kēia kiʻekiʻe. E hiamoe koke no ka mea e hoala makou ia oe i ke aumoe no ka pii hope loa i Uhuru Peak - ka piko.

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.

E ʻaʻahu mehana, no ka mea, hoʻomaka mākou e piʻi i ke aumoe, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻoi loa o ka mauna. Hāʻawi ka mahina i ka mālamalama, a hiki mākou i ka lae o Stella ma ka puka ʻana o ka lā. (Ma kahi o 6 mau hola) I ka wanaʻao, mai ka ʻaoʻao o Crater, he mea hoʻohauʻoli ʻo Mawenzi, me ka noho Kibo i loko o ka pōʻeleʻele ma lalo ou, a me nā paia hau o ka lua e kū mai ana i mua. Inā ikaika ʻoe, pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i Uhuru Peak (1-2 hola) ʻo ia ka lae kiʻekiʻe loa ma ʻApelika, a ʻo ka piko mehameha kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua (19,340 ft).
ʻO kēia ka lā paʻakikī i ʻike ʻia e ka hapa nui o nā mea hele wāwae. Ua piʻi ʻoe i 3,600 kapuaʻi a iho i lalo i 7,200 kapuaʻi i loko o 12-15 mau hola. ʻOiai ʻaʻole luhi ka iho ʻana, he mea maikaʻi e hoʻomaha iki i kekahi manawa ke hoʻomau ʻoe i lalo i Mweka Hut (3-4 mau hola mai luna).

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.