Trek

A last minute plan for a 3 day trek in the Simien Mountains. A four hour drive to the start of the walk, picking up scout, guide and cook along the way. A five hour walk, some of it in mist, some in heavy rain, all of it above 12,000 feet, through groves of red hot pokers and Erica forest, arriving cold and wet at the campsite to be greeted with popcorn and thyme tea.
The rain stopped before sunset, leaving a sky of brilliant stars. We crawled into our tent in all our clothes, sleeping bags piled on top of us. It was a cold night.
Here is D just before the rain, with Abdelah, our guide, and Addis, our scout. Addis had a Russian gun even older than he was. Whether he had ever fired it, or if it was even capable of being fired, I shall never know.