Today we were supposed to
go to Moir camp. This would have taken us to the Shira plateau and sleep at
Moir camp, at the edge of a dormant lava flow of Shira, one of the three
dormant volcanos (Kibo, Mawenzi, Shira).
However, the night before we changed our plans. We went instead to “Shira’s
Cathedral” one of the summits of the Shira crater (12,800 ft.) at the edge of
the Shira plateau. This used to be Shira’s
crater until it collapsed and was filled in by lava flow from Kibo. It was an
added acclimatization hike for us and gave us some practice at the steep
scrambling that we would need later for the Barranco Wall and for the summit
itself.
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| The view from my tent in the morning, hard to believe I was going to the top! |
A favorite landscape picture on Shira's plateau.
Kilimanjaro -- making us all feel so small!
Favorite landscape picture #2 - Shira's Plateau.
Adding a rock to Shira's Cathedral.
This is "grandfather moss" which was on most of the trees and gave a bright shock of orange color to a
sometimes desolate landscape.
Favorite landscape picture #3! - Looking out to Shira's Plateau from Shira Cathedral climb.
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