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Day Five
On Day Five, an early start is advisable to avoid overheating on the steep but lovely hour -long climb from the lake to 14,050ft (4,282 m) Freshfield Pass. Here, you will regain most of the elevation you lost since Scott-Elliot Pass yesterday! Views westward on clear days are all the way into the neighboring Congo; northward Margherita and its glaciers still dominate the horizon.
Freshfield Pass is a long flat traverse through beautiful
high alpine mossy glades (and more mud), until after a half hour the trail
begins the circuit's two day descent. Mist or rain can make finding the trail
difficult, and the first half mile (1 km) here can be very slick. Rock
shelters at Bujongolo and Kabamba are optional overnight stops but it is
best to push on through the seemingly endless mud to newly constructed Guy
Yeoman Hut (10,700ft/3,261 m).
Some hikers make the Kitandara- Guy Yeoman trip in 5 hours, but any stops to enjoy the pass, bad weather on descent, and the slow conditions in the last two hours of deep mud can make this a much longer day which some visitors consider as difficult as Day Two.
Day Six.
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