Mount Hanang

Glenn has just been to climb Mount Hanang.

'... Mount Hanang, ... at 3,417m (11,212 feet) is the fourth highest mountain in Tanzania. It is a grand volcanic cone, rising steeply above the surrounding plains ... but very few visitors know of its existence.' According to the Lonely Planet book, Trekking in East Africa.

He had been hoping to find some guys that would be willing to do this for a long time now, so was delighted when some of the men that he is friendly with here in Dodoma were interested.
The guys that climbed with him were...

Ruben, ...

Martin, ...

Paul, ...

Ian...

... and Glenn.

After driving to Kondoa, about halfway up the northern road to Arusha, they turned off north-west to Katesh. This was where they stayed over night, before the hike and after it.


Here in Katesh they picked up their guide, Thomas (above), who has climbed Hanang many times.

Some of the flowers and fauna that he saw whilst up Hanang that caught his attention.







I like the yellow one!


This little house was part of a village on the way up.


Due to time the team of guys made it up to the outer cone at 10,500 feet before they had to begin their descent, as time would not allow them to go further. A pretty impressive climb as they started hiking at just below 6,000 feet. It was a 6 hour hike up and a further 4 hours down. Well done guys! But which hurt the most? The up, or the down?