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Are you ready for a party? A Panga Party, that is. This is a call to members to come out to Lukenya and help out with clearing some bushes around few of the climbing crags.
Date: 29th May
Time: 9.00am
Meeting Place: Art Cafe Westgate Mall
You are requested to bring (in addition to your climbing gear, lunch, drink etc) pangas, shears, loppers, saws etc to facilitate clearing. It is hoped that we would be done with in the morning hours and therefore get in some climbing in the afternoon.
Contact Tobin Jones tobinbjones@gmail.com
Maxi-Dash is an annual event for the rock climbers of the Club and for ‘climbing guests’ who would wish to participate. The idea is to gather as many points as possible by climbing set climbs at five (5) different crags around Nairobi. These are Lukenya, Embaribal, Frog, Ndeiya & Hell’s Gate Nat’l Park (OK, Hell’s Gate is not quite near Nairobi)! Although the action during the daylight hours is focused on the climbers, the weekend is also a Club ‘meet’ for camping at Hell’s Gate. At the end of the climbing on Saturday evening, we gather at a campground in the Park. All MCK members and guests are invited to bring drinks and food and convene round the fire to recount tales of the day.Camping – The camping will be at the Ol Dubai campsite at Hells Gate.
Frog – Last weekend some climbers had a run in with a Maasai at Frog who demanded payment for climbing and then got very agitated when his demands were refused. We had thought these problems had been resolved with the local chief, but apparently there are still issues. The border between the Maasai and Kenyan Army land is somewhere around route 50. The routes (numbered 1 – 50) south of this are on Maasai land which may or may not belong to people who demand payment for climbing there. The routes (numbered 50 – 100) north of this point are on Kenyan Army land and we have never had any probems on these routes. Anyone climbing on the routes numbered 0 – 50 should be aware of the possibility that someone will show up and demand payment.
Prizes – We have sourced a few quickdraws and locking carabiners from South Africa for the winning team.
Plan is:
- To leave Saturday 30th April and come back Monday 2nd May evening. Meet at ABC on Waiyaki Way for a 7.30 am start.
- Drive to Kakamega is 415 kms and may take up to 7 hours
- Accommodation will be camping. You will need your own gear. KWS do have bandas available (last we spoke to them). If you would like bandas, please call KWS (0726 610 533) and book and pay for the Isikuti bandas. Cost per 2 bed banda is KShs 2,000 (i.e 1000 per bed)
- The forest has good nature trails for walking and cycling is also an option. (A day is enough to walk/cycle round the forest)
- Bring your bikes along if you want to ride (not sure if bikes are available)
- Anyone requiring a car space, please email….anyone with a car and have extra space, please let Jeff know. j.mariner@cgiar.org