• Date: Sep 2020.
• Location: Mount Kenya – Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya.
• Route: Chogoria – Sirimon.
• Difficulty: Very Hard.
• Total Days: 4.
• Total Distance covered: 48.41 km.
• Total Steps: 77,011.
• Total Calories burned: 8,245.
• Min. Elevation: 2,651 m.
• Max. Elevation: 4,985 m. (Lenana Peak)
• Features: Waterfalls, Lakes, Rivers, Tarns.

Clear mornings, rainy afternoons & super cold nights. I liked the Chogoria trail more. The Sirimon trail was very wet & boggy!

DAY ONE: WARM-UP HIKE TO CHOGORIA GATE CAMP

• Distance covered: 3.26 km.
• Steps: 5,507.
• Time: 1 hr 3 min.
• Calories burned: 446.
• Chogoria Gate Camp Elevation: 2,950 m.

DAY TWO: CHOGORIA GATE CAMP TO LAKE ELLIS CAMP VIA NITHI FALLS

• Distance covered: 12.78 km.
• Steps: 19,963.
• Time: 5 hr 41 min.
• Calories burned: 1,918.
• Lake Ellis Camp Elevation: 3,455 m.

DAY THREE: LAKE ELLIS CAMP TO MINTOS CAMP

• Distance covered: 8.61 km.
• Steps: 16,982.
• Time: 6 hr 18 min.
• Calories burned: 1,952.
• Mintos Camp Elevation: 4,300 m

DAY FOUR: MINTOS CAMP – LENANA PEAK – SHIPTONS CAMP

• Distance covered: 9 km.
• Steps: 12,046.
• Time: 9 hr 15 min.
• Start time: 2:23 am.
• Lenana Peak: 8:18 am.
• Shiptons Camp: 11:38 am.
• Calories burned: 2,362.
• Lenana Peak Elevation: 4,985 m.
• Shiptons Camp Elevation: 4,200 m.

DAY FOUR: SHIPTONS CAMP TO OLD MOSES CAMP

• Distance covered: 14.76 km.
• Steps: 22,513.
• Time: 6 hr 26 min.
• Start time: 12:51 pm.
• Finish – Old Moses Camp: 7:17 pm.
• Calories burned: 1,567.
• Old Moses Camp Elevation: 3,300 m.

End of hike.