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to Chennek, our scout Girimai's (second wife's) home, then on and down through
Chiro Leba, his old (first wife's) home, towards Ambikwo
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Filtering water at Chennek |
 Up... |
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then down |
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 Welcoming
party at Chiro Leba |
Pouring buna (coffee) - native to Ethiopia. |
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or maybe Ras Deshen - the pronunciation is somewhere in between, and western-alphabet spellings are never exact. It's Ethiopia's highest mountain at around 4600m, up to 4th in Africa depending how you count Mt Kenya and the Ruwenzoris.
Basecamp is the town of Ambikwo, the first place where we sleep indoors to avoid getting mauled by the dogs.
 Pool
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Evening light pouring off the (sub-) escarpment we just walked down |
 Early
the next morning Girimai and I start up Ras Dejen |
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Yup, that's it. |
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It was probably Girimai's first time with a loaded camera too!
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And Westwards to the Lowlands... >>>
| by Michael Abbott (email)
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