Climbing Lengai

We climb for two hours before our first break. Bura comments on our slow progress. We have budgeted six hours to reach the summit. Bura mentions that he can reach the top in about two and a half hours when not encumbered by lagging clients.

By sunrise, we are approaching the top. Many groups quit their Lengai attempt about twenty metres from the summit. Here it becomes extremely steep and slippery. We try to stop but Bura will not allow it.

This is the top of Lengai.

Bura appreciates an offer to share in our snack. He has brought no food or water of his own. He motions us to resume the climb down. He will catch up once he has finished his cigarette.