July 20th - 23rd

Although only a few days in to the trip it has been a very busy period. So far we have shuttled 40kg each of climbing gear, food, water and basic camp kit to the base of our intended route. A 30m abseil (now fixed) down a loose drainage gully, a fair amount of chopping, fixing lines over a couple boulder ruckles and finally 30m of 4th class terrain seems to have brought us to where we need to be. We are aiming for a prominent roof half way up that appears to have 200m of good cracks above it to the summit.

Wild life so far hasn't presented any major problems other than a monkey throwing a branch at Steve and an aggressive species of ant that seem to gnaw at slings and rope... Dwarf shrew-like creatures hide under boulders, termite nests and spider webs litter the base of the Horns and bees are a nuisance at the start of the first pitch.

We're hoping to reach a vegetated terrace over the next couple days and then beyond that more sustained climbing should present itself.

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Matt/Steve.