Climbed up Nkhoma mountain this morning. Lovely hike, even better when you are on the actual trail. We started up around 8. 5 of us. The 3 guys had been told that long pants would probably be nicer as the trail is quite overgrown. Rhona and I were warned but decided that climbing a mountain in pants on a sunny hot day was not a wise endeavor at least not for our emotional state of being. We were right. Had to stop and wait for one of the guys to run back and change because jeans were the wrong thing to wear. Continuing on we found Lake Nkhoma and started up and up and up. The sun was out most of the time. Lots of water lost on the hike up but the views from the top were spectacular. About half way up we lost the main trail but we had brought a machete and didn’t necessarily know any better so we followed a goat trail and made it to the pinnacle. Great breeze up there too. After staying what has proved to be too long (some sunburns were discovered once we made it down) we headed down and found the Mountain Hut (place you can stay on the side of the mountain). As we walked around the front we saw 3 baboons running away quickly.
I’m pretty sore today—really need to get some more exercise…can’t wait to go back up though.
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