This Is Africa??

Making The Summit

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February 18th 2011
Geo: -2.98967, 37.1173The weather wasn't doing us any favours although the worst of the wind and rain was at night- we learned later on that we were seeing the early effects of Cyclone Bingiza which was off the coast but heading for land just south of us. On Day 6 we arrived at the final pre-summit camp and after a short rest we started our summit climb at 11:30pm (the theory around climbing ... read more

Africa » Tanzania

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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