Day 3 - Kilimanjaro

From Brad Kresge - Day 3


I tried to send this update earlier but we didn't have reception at camp. It is 430 am right now in day 3. We will be getting up in an hour and a half. Day 3 was through the Moreland Forrest. The highest point of today was 12600 feet. This was supposed to be the short day at about 3.5 miles mostly uphill. It was like climbing up large steps all day much steeper than yesterday.

Russ was feeling sick in the morning with stomach issues. I gave him some of my nausea medicine and it seemed to help. By dinner he was able to eat ok. One of the women in our group, Heather, was also sick with stomach issues and she threw up twice on the hike. She made it to camp but barely. She has not been able to eat anything today. This is why the hike took so long. On a day when one should be resting in bed she was hiking up this mountain. When we got to camp around 5 pm. A few others started to feel nauseated. Steph Warlow wasn't able to eat any dinner. I gave her some medicine as well. We are not sure if it is the altitude or a stomach bug as 4 of the 7 have had some issues in that dept since getting here. So far, everyone's sats are in the upper 80's or low 90's which is supposed to be good. I felt good today and the climbing was more fun today a little more challenging. I have a little headache which is common at this elevation.

The views are unreal! At camp we saw the sunset on the clouds as we are above most of them and to the right is the peak looking very large. We are starting to enter areas were you get the sense your body should not be. Tomorrow we hike to 15000 feet and it is about 4.5 miles. Our guide told us that it is the day that we will really start to feel the effects of the elevation. It should be interesting, I hope some of the women have quick recoveries from the stomach issues.