Before the climb, the other three also had to call it a day leaving Beuchi in the company of a friend who had joined him at Arusha for the climb that started with a 6-hour trek in thick forest to Machame Hut Camp.
The four-day climb to the top started with 6 hours of hiking in thick forest
The following day they made it to Shira camp after an 8-hour trek and on day three they camped at the Barafu camp from where they made the ascend to Uhuru peak, making it by 2pm on the fourth day.
“Altitude sickness affected me mentally and I thought I was going to die, I felt like I couldn’t continue anymore,” Beuchi narrates his challenges during the climb, an experience he terms the toughest of his life.