26 June

DSCN3997 Aftera passable if not enjoyable night, the next day dawned gray DSCN3998 Virtually nothing advertised on this sign was actually available here! DSCN3999 The giant lobelia elevation DSCN4001 Water on the trail
DSCN4003 It is spacious up here DSCN4004 The young science officer, pressed into accompanying us DSCN4005 Crags DSCN4006 The escarpment
DSCN4007 Off in the distance DSCN4008 Closer by DSCN4009 Nearly 4000m here DSCN4010 The local summit is over there
DSCN4011 It is a rough along the crest DSCN4012 but striking DSCN4013 Our plan was to follow the edge of the escarpment DSCN4014 Willem at the summit
DSCN4015 Farms far below us DSCN4016 Simien landscape DSCN4017 Landscape DSCN4018 Backtracking through the Lobelia
DSCN4019 Torn up by baboons DSCN4020 A ravine off the edge DSCN4021 Evidence of fire DSCN4022 No guard rails!!
DSCN4023 Hiking up through the Erica forests DSCN4024 Almost a rock/succulent garden DSCN4025 The origin of the humps escaped me DSCN4026 Instead of following the escarpment, we followed the ridge back to the road
DSCN4028 and then drove, through the rain, to Chenek Camp, when again the best place to hang out was in the cook cabn. DSCN4030 The clouds rolled through and broke a bit in the evening DSCN4031 Escarpment DSCN4032 and the wet landscape above it
DSCN4033 The distant farms below it DSCN4034 Farmsteads DSCN4035 The trail down DSCN4037 Lichen-festooned trees
DSCN4038 and a fire to get warm around! DSCN4039 Hans and the daughter of one of the guards