Mt. Kenya from Shipton

Mount Kenya's highest peaks loom over Shipton's Camp (4200m above sea level). On the extreme right is Mt. Kenya's highest peak, point Batian (5199m). To Batian's left is point Nelion (5188m) and farthest left is point Lenana (4985m).

Mt.Kenya

July 28th 2006
Top of the Morning By six in the morning my guide and I had reached the top of Point Lenana, which is the third highest peak on Mt. Kenya, reaching a height of 4985m above sea level. The previous three hours had been spent slowly fighting our way up a steep incline, covered in loose rocks. It was pitch black except for the light from our two flashlights, since the moon was not out th ... read more

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Founding president and liberation struggle icon Jomo KENYATTA led Kenya from independence until his death in 1978, when President Daniel Toroitich arap MOI took power in a constitutional succession. The country was a de facto one-party state from 196... ... read more

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