We climbed for another 2 hours before pausing to watch the sun rise at 6AM. Here we are looking down onto Mawenzi and the clouds below. For Nicolai this was the turning point. Once the sun came up he found new energy to continue. Unfortuantely, with the sun came a thawing of the scree on which we were walking. For the next two hours every step we would take would have us sliding backwards almost an equal distance on what is the steepest and most difficult part of the climb.