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5a 4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion (Normal) | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★ Very Good | Tue 2nd Feb 1993 | ||||
From Mackinders Hut crossed Lewis Glacier? before daybreak. Long day climbing to arrive at Howells shelter approx 1800hrs and overnight with altitude sickness. Nelion only climbed. 18 pitch descent. Some blind abseils. Fantastic.
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5a 4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sat 2nd Feb 2019 | ||||
4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★★ Classic | Sat 23rd Feb 2019 | ||||
4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★★ Mega Classic | Wed 10th Apr 2019 | ||||
with RB; i led official crux, he led horrible traverse etc.
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4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion | 300m | Mt Kenya | Sat 5th Aug 2006 | |||||
D 4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion - with Henrik, Ian Thorpe | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★★ Classic | Sun 1st Mar 2020 | ||||
character building!
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4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★★ Classic | Sun 1st Mar 2020 | ||||
4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion - with Joel M, Henrik | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 1st Mar 2020 | ||||
Amazing. Felt rough most of the way but got to lead the final two pitches. Good weather all the way and slet in Howell Hut at the top. Good effort from Joel and Henrik, especially the Shipton's Crack pitch.
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4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★ Very Good | Wed 15th Jan 2020 | ||||
Alternating lead with Seb V. The other party of our group was in front with a guide.
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4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion - with Palvi, Alex | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★★ Classic | Wed 23rd Dec 2020 | ||||
4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion - with Sam Mwangi | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★ Very Good | Sun 7th Mar 2021 | ||||
4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★ Very Good | Tue 30th Dec 2014 | ||||
4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion - with Gitonga Wandai, Yan-Eric Douvier | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★ Very Good | Thu 4th Mar 2021 | ||||
4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★★ Classic | Fri 31st Dec 2021 | ||||
Guiding an expedition with a bivvy at the top. Did not cross over to Batian
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4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★★ Classic | Tue 4th Jan 2022 | ||||
Guiding an expedition, one client, carried roughly 15kg in bivvy gear and extra rope on top of leading the whole thing. Only went as far as the summit of Nelion
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4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★ Very Good | Sun 9th Jan 2022 | ||||
Guiding a client. Up and down in one day. Did not cross gate of mist due to a later arrival (1pm) on the summit of Nelion
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4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion | 300m | Mt Kenya | Fri 31st Dec 2021 | |||||
Degraff variation, challenging in snowy conditions.
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4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★ Very Good | Sat 12th Feb 2022 | ||||
Guiding.
Started just after 4am and summited Nelion by 8am. Tricky ice conditions at the gate of the mists meant over 2 hours spent after departing from Nelion. By 11:10am we made it to Batian.
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4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★ Very Good | Sun 13th Mar 2022 | ||||
Guided 2 clients as well as Ian Lekiluai who became the first Samburu to climb the two summits of Nelion and Batian successfully on this trip. We spent a night on Nelion before crossing to Batian and back the next day.
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4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★★ Classic | Mon 21st Mar 2022 | ||||
4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion - with Benny Bach | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★★ Mega Classic | Wed 12th Mar 1997 | ||||
Great climb.
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4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion - with Emmanuel F, Lewis | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★ Very Good | Tue 9th Jan 2018 | ||||
4- ~4 | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★★ Classic | Sun 31st Dec 2023 | ||||
For a party of 3, it took us 4h50 to ascend (with some variations on the route so did 19 pitches and 382m of climbing, and 2h50 to abseil to the base. It had been raining all week in the afternoons from noon, and the companies that went up the few days before us suffered from harsh rains. We pushed for the summit just at 11:40 before it started snowing. Some of the abseil anchors. Though, may soon require replacing to make descents safer.
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4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★ Very Good | Wed 14th Feb 2024 | ||||
Guiding Nina and Nick Martyn. Tricky ice conditions in Gate of Mist. Very long belay on summit of nelion before descent
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4- | ★★★ Southeast Face of Nelion - with Daniel | 300m | Mt Kenya | ★★★ Classic | Wed 16th Feb 2022 | ||||
Beautiful journey with fantastic views. Got lost a few times. We pitched up a few tricky sections and simul climbed the rest. Easy grades feel much harder at this altitude in approach shoes. We ached the top in the early afternoon and shared the 2m x 2m x 50cm hut with 2 American climbers while the weather system came in. We were not brave enough to handle the now snowy traverse to Batian in the morning and abseiled off.
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