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Sapitwa (Where No Man Goes)

We had 4 days and 3 nights ahead of us. I was excited - everybody was. Finally we were going up to the highest point on our National Landmark. I had always wanted to go there and how marvelous to do it before turning 25! The birthday was coming up in a few weeks. We were going up to Lichenya Hut on our first day and the records said it would take us 4 hours – apparently. There were seven of us: Patrick(our head guide), Patrick AKA HH (our rescue team porter/guide), Allister (our Porter), Innocent, Taalumba, Angelina and Me. Before it all went down We started off at 13:45 hours on Friday afternoon. If it would take us 4 hours then we would be arriving at 17:45 which was not so bad. Mulanje Mountain is beautiful place to be at. The views never disappoint and the stream waters are chilled to perfection. We went up the Boma Path that starts from Kara O Mula Country Lodge, this was the shortest route to our Hut but it was also one of the steepest ones on the mountain. We w...