Pathfinder: We set off from Likhubula into the Mulanje Forest Reserve and the hiking trails within, the massif watching over us
KIRAN KALLUR
After two hours on the painfully steep Skyline Trail of Malawi’s Mulanje Massif, my lungs were on fire. I’d been high stepping on boulders and searching for traction on slick red dirt, falling down more than once. I was knackered. Once I’d caught my breath and reassured myself that, No, my lungs weren’t actually about to explode, I stopped to survey the vista that had opened up. An awe percolated within me.