Mount Kenya Technical Climbing Batian and Nelion

Leave the campsite for the lake after breakfast. Elise began her ascent of the mountain at a leisurely pace. While it takes a little longer to get to Lake Ellis, the beauty along the way includes vistas of Mugi, Ithanguni, and the Giants Billiards Table, while the foreground landscape and vegetation are particularly lovely if we follow the river upstream from the roadhead for approximately 3 km. At the campground, 3600 meters, for lunch and dinner.

After breakfast, depart the camp and travel around three hours up a mountainside along a ridge before rejoining the tourist route on the standard Chogoria path at a height of about 4,100 meters. breathtaking views of the Gorges Valley and of Ithanguni and the Northern Moorland in the distance. Before continuing for another hour or so to the Minto's Hut location at 4200 meters, where we will spend the night, lunch is provided at a little stream crossing. Even though it only takes 10 minutes to walk to the Temple, the afternoon is spent resting at camp. Its name comes from the stance that tourists frequently take when staring over the edge during meals and nighttime at the campsite.

Get up early for a hearty breakfast before attempting Point Lenana, 4985 meters above sea level, via Simba Col. When the sun rises and you take a shot of Mount Kenya Summit from Point Lenana in excellent weather, you can see Mount Kilimanjaro. After reaching the peak, descend the northwest side to Shipton's Camp, past Harris Tarn, where you will have a full breakfast, lunch, and supper before retiring for the night.

the North Face Standard Route for ascending Batian. You may climb the first few pitches by headlamp if you start in the pitch black in the early morning, generally between 4 and 5 am. The route begins with a large couloir that you climb for about seven pitches, never exceeding 5.7 in difficulty. We reach the Amphitheater, a tiny basin of simple rock halfway up the path, after a short amount of straightforward scrambling. Ideally, we get here about 7:30 and take a quick break. Firmin's Tower, the route's key feature, is located above this. There are around three challenging pitches that are all rather short but in the V grade. A few more pitches and the west ridge are reached above this point by way of softer terrain.

We go up easier but still exposed rock from this point to Shipton's Notch, a noticeable gash on the summit ridge. The next pitch, followed by some simple fifth-class rock, climbs to the top of Batian's airy peak. After supper, you'll return along the same road to Shipton's Camp, which will take you overnight approximately 10 hours.

After the morning meal, go to the Old Moses camp by way of Mackiders Valley and Likii North Valley from Shiptons camp. After reaching the camp for your hot lunch, continue descending to Sirimon Gate where you will board your transportation via Nanyuki town to Nairobi, where you will arrive late in the day and be dropped off at your hotel. The descent is gentle and it gives you plenty of time to take in the fascinating scenery, which includes the moorlands.