There is also a variety of wildlife, including elephants, chimpanzee, monkeys, leopards and antelope. Early European explorers visited the region in the search for the source of the Nile. Dinner and overnight at Bujuku hut. For example, they had names for the three main peaks: Kiyanja, Duwoni and Ingomwimbi. This mountain was named after John Speke. We offer trekking and climbing adventure tours to Rwenzori Mountains from the lower slopes to its Margherita Peaks.
The Bakonjo had their own names for the peaks in the Rwenzori range, however, as they had never climbed them, it was difficult to clarify which peak was which.
Mount Speke lies in the Rwenzori Mountains national park in Uganda and is the second highest mountain in this range. Whereas he never hiked this peak, Speke sketched in the source of White Nile. When Duke of the Abruzzi climbed this summit, he climbed all the other peaks in the Rwenzori range. As a result of high rainfall that Mount Speke obtains, it is intersected by several water streams and rivers and its vegetation looks pretty dense. Download PeakVisor maps today. The conditions were now extremely difficulty, and we watched with great concern.
We didn't bring helmets on this trip, but that is something one always should consider, as a big rock came falling down towards us. Luckily we all escaped it. I was told that rock fall was not very common on this route, or in Rwenzori, but one never know.
Anyway, he managed to put up the rope, and a student guide we had 3 locals with us climbed up the rope without using a prusik. The result was scary. I was properly secured to rope behind and came the student to rescue.
I used an ascender on the rope, and with this I had no problems climbing up. At the top of the rope, we stepped right and up an icy gully. We left the rope at the gully, and the rest of the climb was mostly a scramble with some exposed sections. It was still blowing strongly and we had little sight ahead. So our guide spent much time finding right way. At last we entered the snowfields on the upper glacier. The snow was soft, so we didn't put on the crampons.
As we came closer to the summit the weather also became better, and suddenly we got some brief moments where we could see Mt. Bujuku valley, Congo and Mt. We continued our scramble going left, and before I even realised it we were at the summit. There was good flat area a few metres below the summit that gave good shelter for the wind, and room for the five of us to have something to eat.
Going down we abseiled the two steep sections described earlier. Click here to submit your own climbing note for Mount Speke. Use this relief map to navigate to mountain peaks in the area of Mount Speke. Mount Speke. Mount Speke Photo credit: Albert Backer. No one has been added yet. Last added A-Z Z-A. Load next. Climbing Elbrus. Aconcagua climb. Climb Cotopaxi. Everest basecamp trek. Climbing Kilimanjaro. Denali climb. Climb Kazbek. Hiking Annapurna. Climbing Mont Blanc.
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