Testing the mud guards

Snows (and sleet and ice) of Kilimanjaro

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December 10th 2007
Ah, Kilimanjaro. Can any other mountain claim such an evocative name? Or to have inspired so many poets, paintings, and songs with bad lyrics? These are photos - no text, at this stage - of a climb my sister and I did in December 2007 via the Lemosho route. Put away the Coca Cola jokes; we hardly saw other trekkers for the first three days. And yes, we made it to the top, "pole pole". ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » North » Mount Kilimanjaro

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Shortly after independence, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule came to an end in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country since the 1970s. Zanzibar's semi-autonomous status and po... ... read more