• Date: Feb 2024.
• Location: Point Thompson – Mount Kenya.
• Route: Naro Moru.
• Duration: 2 Days.
• Difficulty: Hard/Strenuous.
• Start & Finish Point: Met Station.
• Total Distance: 28 km.
• Met Station Elevation: 3,043 m.
• Point Thompson Elevation: 4,955 m.
• Elevation Gain: 1,940 m.

Point Thompson is the 5th Highest Peak on Mt. Kenya. It’s a hikeable peak. I also summited Shipton’s Peak (4,496m) which is near Mackinder’s Camp (4,300m).

DAY 1: Met Station – Point Thompson (4,955m) – Shipton’s Peak – Mackinder’s Camp.
– Distance: 18 km.
– Time: 11 hr 16 min.

DAY 2: Mackinder’s Camp to Met Station.
– Distance: 10 km.
– Time: 2 hr 30 min.