Kilimanjaro by Sofie

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We climbed Mt Kilimanjaro for 7 days. They were some of the worst days ever but that’s fine. The first day went really fast and it was actually kind of fun. We only hiked for about 4 hours. We slept in the rain forest. Sara started puking all night but she tried to stay strong. The next day we hiked for 12 hours straight. It was one of the worst days of my life. It was just uphill for hours. At the camp Sara was so done because she was sick and she hadn’t eaten anything for a while cause she kept puking. After we woke up the next morning Sara was so done with everyone so her and dad left with a car that came to the camp to pick her up. I had the choice to either leave or keep going. I chose to keep going with mom and  Katlyn and Roger but honestly it didn’t seem like the right chose while I was climbing that day. We kept going through the days and sleeping at camp. We were pretty tired and I kept getting sicker and sicker until I started puking. Katlyn and I were both sick and we didn’t eat anything for a few days. On New Year’s Eve they started climbing to the top. I stayed back at the base camp below the summit cause I was very sick. They got to the top on New Year’s Day. After they climbed down we went all the way down to the first camp on the way down. We slept there and Katlyn and I were still barely eating. We went down to the last camp before the gate. Everyone wasn’t feeling that great and the ones who summited were very tired. The last day we ran all the way down the mountain to get to the gate out. They got their certificates for going to the summit and we drove back to the hotel where we finally ate a little and washed all our clothes. Then we each had a veryyyyyy long shower. The trip up the mountain was ok but I would NEVER EVER do it again. It was nice to know that I could accomplish hard things but it was some of the worst days of my life. 

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