Karanga Camp Day 5 4K 9/29/18
(Andy) We woke up at about 6 o’clock in the morning to ice all over the tent and it was cold. We quickly got ready and put all of our warm clothes on and got into the mess tent for some tea. As we are waiting for breakfast we were watching people coming from rangers cabin probably hikers that were drenched and freezing cold in the night. Did I mention it was cold it was ice all over the ground and all the tents were iced over. For breakfast again we had millet and eggs and some sausage peppers.
Once we got some things in order we decided to hit the trail at about 7 o’clock again. We were one of the first people to get back on the trail and it was slow going because of the ice the slippery conditions but we headed towards Baraco rock Which looked pretty Menacing from below. We quickly caught up with the first group of about eight and we passed them quickly which was a good thing because they were working pretty slow. Going up the rock face was a lot easier than it looked from below but still pretty steep very slippery we took our time but we probably got up in 30 minutes. Once we were at the top we finally saw some of our first sun of the day things started to heat up. The top which is about 4200 feet meters I should say, We had a nice downhill gradual descent for the next hour. But not before taking some wonderful pictures of the moon the background in the valley. The scenery walking down the road was absolutely gorgeous as we are in Mooreland again until we finally came to the valley. The climb down took a while because it was slippery and then we had to hike Up the last Quartermile to the new camp. The valley that we hiked was the last water for the next two camps and it was a hell of a climb for the porters. The view from this new camp was gorgeous we could see you for the profile of Kilimanjaro we can see down to Moshi and Arusha. 
(Beth) My headache started getting pretty severe at this point. It started at the back of my head like a tension headache but I have no stress in my day pack wasn’t heavy at all. I thought it might’ve been dehydration but we have been drinking at least 3 to 4 L of water a day. Andy talked to Long, our nurse friend, and he believes it’s because I was doubling up on the altitude pills in the morning when you’re supposed to take one in the morning and one in the evening. Long also said aspirin was what I needed, however, aspirin has not sold over-the-counter in other countries besides US. Andy went out and met everybody in the camp looking for Americans with aspirin and came back with the packages. I was out pretty much the whole afternoon but started to feel better again around dinner time. I got pretty nervous about what tomorrow will bring because I have to make it to the next camping matter what, even if it’s to go back down the mountain. Even though it wasn’t my fault, it was super frustrating because I knew I was better than this. Then it higher altitude many times before and
drink a lot less water and I never felt this bad. I told Andy to talk to Ben about how he can get to the top of the mountain, and how I can get down tomorrow because I didn’t see how I was going to be able to fucking move, much less go up another 2000 feet. I took a Motrin and thinking that would help, right now for a couple of hours didn’t help. Then Andy adjusted I drink a lot more water so I pounded a liter which made me incredibly nauseous. A little bit of food or lunch and dinner, but I think by the time my body absorb some more water and I took aspirin and started to feel better. Everybody in the camp was willing to help so Andy then came back with some aspirin and our friend John who we met the other day was willing to part with a couple of electrolyte tabs, And Hannah gave some baby aspirin. That’s really nice of everybody considering most people only bring what they need for their trip. Lesson learned, I’m going to become well educated and pain relief after this trip. Fucking terrified at what tomorrow brings. Either I feel better and we’re all good, or my headache doesn’t go away and then I don’t know what I’m going to do. I’m pretty upset because I don’t see how I’m going to be able to summit tomorrow night. 
As we are sitting watching the scenes around us and the people coming in from hikes and you noticed a team of six or seven Americans they were trying to cycle through and get pictures of everybody and for the sign so he decided to help them take a picture he walked over and asked them if they were good at Photoshop it was gonna take a lot of work to get everybody in the picture. He then took pictures with several cameras after which they called him the mountain man for unknown reasons.
On Andy’s journey to find aspirin he met up with many teams of people international teams. They were people from China South Korea all over the United States Norway Singapore Poland Canada Japan. Everybody was getting very excited about tomorrow.
(Andy) Most of the afternoon was foggy with a mix of sunshine we’re crossing our fingers for a beautiful sunset because they told us the perfect place for it. Sure enough the fun part it just in time for the sun to start setting. Giving way to the most beautiful sunset I’ve seen many many many years. We were lucky enough to have Meru bursting through the cloud layer below in about a two hour extended sunset giving way to a gorgeous billion star scene in front of us. With the end of the Sunset the temperature drops so quickly we had a quick dinner and then jump right into bed hoping that that said it would clear up and give way to a better tomorrow.
(Beth) The night was so clear you could see towns far down below. You could see the lights of Moshi, and lights leading to Arusha. The stars were out bright. You could see the Milky Way overhead and the moon was almost a full moon. Andy’s sat on top of the rock nearby taking night pictures for a while. One of the porters, apparently responsible for ensuring we're in our tent was very concerned that Andy wasn’t around.