up and around. 10 May 2009
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Mt. Longonot is a dormant volcano in Kenya’s Rift Valley. A climb of Mt. Longonot’s slopes provided close encounters with herds of zebras and thorny acacia trees as well as spectacular views of the valley’s geological scars: ridges, craters, rifts, mountains, and lakes. On top, a 2km-wide crater is surrounded by a jagged rim with a 2777m summit. The trek was dusty, windy, steep, challenging, and spectacular.
I am trying to picture your face when you came across a herd of zebra. Was it just such an awesome sight? Beauty and nature converging before your eyes? The vacation sounded so different from your day to day chores. Glad you had a chance to relax and explore.
Glad to see you had time to fit some geology in to your adventure, too.
The funniest thing about the zebras is that they make this weird sound- kind of like a barking donkey! It was amazing to me how high up the mountain they climbed- there were even hoof prints along the rim of the crater.