January 1983 Climb.

Mount Kenya on a rare cloudless day in January 1983.

Our Climbing group stops to take photos of the cloud-free mountain.

Some of the climbers wanted to get an early start.

Leaving Met Station, the path heads up through alpine forest.

The alpine forest.

Bobby Web looking down the mountain from the Vertical Bog.

Our first sight of the peaks.

A Lobelia spike.

Bryan Lane looks down at the Naro Moro river in the Teleki Valley.

Heading up the Teleki valley towards Mackinder's camp.

After a five hour hike, our group crashes at Mackinder's camp.

The beautifull view of the peaks from Mackinder's camp.

Watching the sun set from Mackinder's Camp.

The next morning, heading up the scree to walk around the peaks.

Looking back down at MacKinder's camp.

Our guide, heading up the scree.

A beautiful emerald tarn at the top of the scree.

Looking towards Nanyuki above the clouds.

Climbing more scree on the way to Kami Hut.

Kami Hut was meant for about six people. Want to count?

Looking for our rock climbers on the side of Nelion as we climb Point Lenana, the third highest peak.

Point Lenana summit!

Heading down the mountain, leaving the peaks behind.

Approaching the tree-line.

The rolling hills at the bottom of the Mountain.

Five days in a touque without a shower!

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