Exploring the Lost World of Mount Roraima
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This is just one example of some of the scenery on top of Roraima.  There were many shallow pools of water and swampy places where many different types of unusual plants grow.
 

Riley (our guide) told us that this is a flower found only on the top of Mt. Roraima.
There were many other plants and creatures that he also said were only found there.

 

This unique orchid is another one of the many beautiful flowers that we saw growing in the harsh conditions on top of the mountain.
 

Cott camp and porters on Mt. Roraima

 

We interrupt Corrie's narrative with this brief historical note:

 

Missionary Alfred Cott and his family worked among the Davis Indians after  Pastor Davis died.

His wife Betty and daughter Joyce are reported to be the first white women to climb Mt. Roraima, back in the 1920's.

 

 

Joyce & Betty Cott on top of Mt. Roraima

Joyce and Betty Cott are seated at right.

The Cott family later returned to California, where Daniel Adams' grandmother became good friends with the Cott family. 

Betty Cott wrote 3 books about their mission adventures:

Trailing the Davis Indians


Jewels from Green Hell


Destination--Green Hell

 

An excellent source for out-of-print Christian printed materials is Lost-N-Found Books.  Try Amazon and eBay as well.

OK, after this brief interruption, we now bring you back to Corrie's narrative . . .

On the one day that we spent on top, we hiked to the other side of Roraima so that we could look between Roraima and Kukenan, as well as at the rainforest on the Guyana side.  The view was incredible.  The clouds were just starting to form, so for a while we were able to have a fairly clear view.  It was incredible!

And of course, we had to get as close to the edge as possible J.  It was great fun to stick our heads over to see the waterfalls and trees way down below us.  Our guide did not like us
getting that close, but he didn’t tell us not to.  It just made him a little nervous!
 

The edge is definitely the best spot to be, especially as the clouds begin to race up the sides of
the cliff and surround you.  Before we left this spot, the clouds had grown so much that they completely surrounded us.  It was awesome!
 

This is Riley.  He was both guide and cook.  We discovered at the end of the first day of hiking that he is an Adventist, which is really cool.  This is our campsite on top of the mountain.
The entire group was able to set up their tents under this rock overhang.
 

 

And here we are descending, looking back on the steepest part of the climb.  Usually there is a waterfall that flows over the edge here and showers climbers, but on the day we hiked out there wasn’t much water falling so we didn’t get wet J. 
 

Here is a good view of the route up the mountain.  We are looking forward to climbing it again in the near future.  Riley is interested in training Daniel and me as guides so that we can take the IRR groups that come instead of having to hire someone else.  There is still a lot of exploring to do up on top, and Riley is really excited about exploring it with us.  We want to take a film crew (Gerhard and Rene) with us so they can get film clips for Red A.D.venir Spanish Christian TV.  And that brings our adventure up Mt. Roraima to an end.  

Lost World video

 

 

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