Cerro Kennedy

• Country: Colombia
• Location: Minca
• Date: 02/10/24
• Duration: 2 Days
• Company: Solo
• Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

An early start waking up at 7am, breakfast at the local Panadería, chocolate bread and a coffee. The ideal healthy breakfast before a hike. It only took about 2 hours up to Hostel Ramo, my bed for the night, and after a cheeky episode of Narcos I continued my hike to the peak at 2800m. The very peak is occupied my a military base so a panoramic view isn’t possible. After a quick chat to the soldiers guarding a gate and being asked for a cigarette I returned to the hostel. After dinner with the 2 Frenchmen and 3 Colombians from Barranquilla also staying in the hostel, the typical Colombian soup followed rice, beans and chicken, it was time for an early night in preparation for the main event, the sunrise over the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range, home to the highest mountain in Colombia, Cristobal Colon. I enjoyed the sense of adventure waking up early with a stillness in the air and the crisp morning air. Watching the sunset from the top of the mountain there an eerie stillness as though the world forgot to press play before the sun rises, the birds start to chirp and flow of life continues its course. When hiking a mountain I get the similar feeling of insignificance as when I look at the stars, but from that a sense of peace that my life and therefore problems are too insignificant and to simply live the life that world plays out for me.