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Remote bouldering on a conservancy on the Lakipia plateau with the potential for a lot more development and exploration.
©Summary
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Il Polei has potential for further development (and enough problems already established for a fun weekend).
Car camping and a short approach means that once the brutal offroad driving is navigated the actual bouldering and crashpad management is trivial.
Some additional development is for sure possible at the hills and ridges described here, but mostly it is the other hillsides visible in the surrounding terrain that likely hold massive amounts of bouldering.
The rock suffers from initial looseness and choss, but once the obvious pieces are pulled off the underlying quality is very high. There is potential for hundreds of problems within a 2-3 mile radius of the campground. Il Polei could be a legitimate bouldering destination.
©Access issues inherited from Kenya
Access in Kenya ranges from very simple (especially in National Parks and Lukenya) to totally impossible.
Please do not pay to climb (outside of National Parks and Lukenya) as you'll ruin access for everyone else.
If you encounter any access issues, please notify the Mountain Club of Kenya so we can monitor and deal with it: https://www.mck.or.ke/contact
©Approach
Getting to Il Polei would take approx. 5-6 hours from Nairobi, sans traffic and with a good 4x4. Follow Google directions through Nanyuki to the town of Il Polei. Meet up with your guide, and make the only left turn in the town. Follow that road for a few kilometers to a left turn onto a very serious offroad trail. You will need ground clearance for this one. Follow the vague road for about 1km to a dead-end amongst the cacti and right next to a twisty dry riverbed. There are signs indicating this to be the campground, and there are pit toilets nearby signifying that you are in the right spot. Bring everything you need, as water will be scarce, Il Polei is very small and Nanyuki is not very close
Pins may not be 100% accurate, but should be in the right area..
©Ethic inherited from Kenya
If you want to open new climbs in Kenya, kindly contact the Mountain Club of Kenya (www.mck.or.ke). We'll be happy to help!
Here is our bolting policy, please abide by it: http://mountainclubkenya.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Bolting-Policy.pdf
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