Mount Meru - Climbing Africa's 10th highest mountain
September 3rd 2010 A warm up for Kilimanjaro
To give ourselves a better chance of climbing Kilimanjaro we did a warm-up hike on Mount Meru, the second highest summit in Tanzania, at 4652 metres altitude. Meru is nowhere near as popular as Kilimanjaro, but it's becoming busier as more and more people realise they need a proper acclimatization before tackling the big one.
The Meru hike is a 3 or 4 day
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