I did a grueling hike to the summit of Mount Mulanje and back down. On the first day, we hiked eight hours from the bottom of the mountain to the base camp called Chisepo Hut. The second day took seven hours to reach the summit, Sapitwa (which translates to 'the place that is not gone to'), and back down to base camp. On the third day we hiked seven hours back down to the bottom of the mountain. The group I went with was ten people in total, and all of us are sore and exhausted.
This week I did not have time to read any books, but I am currently reading The Stand by Stephen King.
This week I played a lot of board games and card games, which is a really fun way to bond with new people and larger groups. Euchre was a very popular game on the mountain, but I am terrible at it, so I usually watch the games for entertainment.
This week I am continuing to work on my experiments for my research project. I hope that this week I can finally start taking samples from patients to help test my hypothesis!
