From Kitandara, the trail ascends up the headwall, spreading out from the base of Mt Baker and continuing along the south side of the mountain to Freshfield Pass. Freshfield is long flat traverse through tracts of colourful moss, beyond which the long descent to Nyakalengija begins.  The hike to Guy Yeoman hut […]

From Sean: “Yesterday we had an epic sixteen hour round trip from the time we left Elena Hut to the summit and back down to Kitandara Hut.  We moved through a number of technical sections to get to the summit – navigating the glacier and crossing crevasses which made it quite treacherous.  […]

Sean’s just called to say they’re all on the summit! (10:30am Uganda time). Everyone is super stoked – it was a tough but brilliant climb with great weather.  There were bits of cloud but the sun poked through.  He said he can see why the Rwenzoris are called Mountains of the Moon – […]

The trail continues today to the base of the Stanley glacier. To reach the summit of Margherita, the climb takes about 5-7 hours, depending on the weather conditions. After climbing onto the glaciers and crossing the Stanley Plateau, and if all goes well, the team will proceed up to the summit of […]

News from Sean is that by about 4pm Uganda time, the group had arrived at Elena Hut.  They had snuggled down into their sleeping bags and were relaxing before tomorrow’s early start for Margherita Peak at 4am.  The day was misty and so they didn’t have a chance to see much but every […]

From Bujuku hut, the trail climbs through a forest of giant groundsels, up a short metal ladder to ascend the Groundsel Gully as it ascends to Scott-Elliot pass.  Above the gully, a branch in the trail towards the right climbs directly to Elena Hut (4430m) and Mt Stanley, while the trail on […]

Received from Sean last night: “Today we went through the Upper and Lower Bigo Bog and they way you get through a bog is by ‘tussocking’.  Tussocking basically means jumping from one tuft of grass to the next. And the rule of getting through a bog is that if you miss a […]

The route today follows the Bujuku River as they cross the Lower Bigo bog.  After a steep climb,  they’ll reach the Upper Bigo Bog where a boardwalk has been constructed to assist trekkers.  In clear weather, there are superb views of Mt Stanley at the head of this cavernous, glacier-carved valley.  Above the […]

From Sean (received last night) “Today was a proper eight hour thrash.  We thrashed along a route of mangled twisted roots, we thrashed through knee deep mud, we thrashed over slippery boulders and we thrashed through the blazing sun and the pouring rain.  By the time we reached John Matt hut at 3500m, we were […]

Today’s trek involves a seven hour hike up to John Matte hut situated in a grove of giant heather. The trail leads to the Kurt Shafer Bridge which crosses the Mubuku valley.  Beyond the river, the trail climbs steadily up through bamboo forest and after a few more hours of trekking, the giant lobelia and groundsel […]