Mount Kenya’s Point Lenana! (4985m/16,355ft)
Today our Mount Kenya team ascended from the camp at Lake Michaelson to Mount Kenya’s third-highest peak, Point Lenana (4985m)! One down, two to go! They reached Point Lenana around 2:00 PM local time after hitting the trail at 08:30 AM. Afterward, they descended to the high Austrian hut for dinner and the evening.
An alpine start is in store for tomorrow’s summit day, as they will be making their attempt on the Nelion (5188m) and Batian peaks (5199m) which will involve multiple pitches of technical rock climbing. Godspeed guys!
[While the team is without connectivity we will be sharing some stock photos of the general locations]
In addition to these expedition dispatches, you can also follow our teams as they make their attempts on the world’s most formidable mountains on:
– Amazon Alexa devices with the Madison Mountaineering Flash Briefing skill:
- Enable the skill and add to your flash briefing to hear Garrett Madison’s daily audio expedition updates on select expeditions
– Instagram:
– our Garmin inReach Mini powered real-time tracking map:
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