Today was a visit to a micro finance project near a small village several kms outside Chogoria. The two mile trek was completely vertical without any switch backs or flat area. Please send donation to "Save the Knees Foundation", in lieu of funeral flowers for my knees. It's impossible to believe what people can do when they have to. The farm was amazing and the only way to get crops of livestock grass and bananas to market was the carry them back up the hill. The last set of legs under that huge bundle were the legs of a 8 year old girl in flip flops. They branched off shortly after this photo and took the much steeper short cut. At 5700 feet my lungs and legs could hardly get out of the way to let them pass. My alpine training for this consisted of climbing the stairs of the Starlight Theater to get a burger and a glass of wine. I might have to up my game.
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