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It actually stayed up all night! https://www.michellegruening.com/blog/climbing-kilimanjaro-day-4 monthly 0.5 2024-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619687ff6ab75d6707bc2481/1715539830132-2XL5H5U5HHXQ3X81PLPC/IMG_2286.JPG BLOG - Climbing Kilimanjaro - Day 4 - Baranco Wall hidden in fog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619687ff6ab75d6707bc2481/1715539829971-9J4620QEPYELC8I4UX1V/IMG_2288.JPG BLOG - Climbing Kilimanjaro - Day 4 - Porters prepping for the climb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619687ff6ab75d6707bc2481/1715539849716-ZJ3WUFS7GH50790PIDHK/IMG_2295.JPG BLOG - Climbing Kilimanjaro - Day 4 - Abuu in the lead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619687ff6ab75d6707bc2481/1715539849461-UTZLB5TKOBK1HQ06MRGQ/IMG_8618.JPG BLOG - Climbing Kilimanjaro - Day 4 - Gorgeous plants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619687ff6ab75d6707bc2481/1715539851745-EOO7B9N0NTOOKWXBBE72/IMG_5432.JPG BLOG - Climbing Kilimanjaro - Day 4 - A bit of up and down https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619687ff6ab75d6707bc2481/1715539971227-Q1IHTKYZK14DGPR1JR74/IMG_8619.jpg BLOG - Climbing Kilimanjaro - Day 4 - Team Altitoots! 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Abuu has been a Kilimanjaro guide for over 13 years and has personally summitted over 150 times. He’s the real deal! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619687ff6ab75d6707bc2481/2f3d54a5-5baa-47a1-8bcf-67b0b50db723/IMG_8397.JPG BLOG - Climbing Kilimanjaro: Days 0 and 1 - Make it stand out The view from our room on the morning we were to begin the trek. We were taking in Kilimanjaro from this distance, with thoughts of, “We’re going to climb to the top of that?!” I felt that Kili showed herself this morning to say, “Yes, you are. 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