This was the shortest day of them all, which was good because that night is when we being our summit attempt. The landscape of the hike is barren. Sort of like a rocky desert at an altitude of 15,000 feet. As we walk into camp, we see people descending and none of them are smiling. It would worry us, but we decided that no matter what, we'll smile if only to encourage the people who are coming up. :)
We had another hot lunch and then were told by Adam to take a nap. You're at 15,000 feet, you're excited about summit night, it's broad daylight, and there is a flurry of activity going on around you as tents are getting taken down by people coming off the summit and replace right away by people just arriving at camp. None of us really got any napping done. Maybe closed our eyes and rested, but it's hard to sleep in those conditions.
After dinner, we got our gear ready for summit night and watched an amazing sunset. With knowing we were going to have Adam waking us up at 11pm, we tried to sleep as best we could.
Since this camp isn't near a water source, our toilet tent is skipping this camp and going straight to the Mweka Camp. Yes, we missed the toilet tent. Although the Barafu camp apparently got new toilets not too long ago, they are still pit toilets and smelled like you were sitting in the pit instead of hovering above it. They were, in a word, disgusting. Our tents were luckily on the edge of camp, right by a cliff. Needless to say, all of us at some point in the evening/night used an outside toilet with a great view. You just had to make sure you didn't step too far and go over the cliff.
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