Barb and I sat outside during the short equatorial twilight watching a quiet cloud
hover around a strangely calm Mawenzi. As I looked at Mawenzi, I understood why it is considered part of Kilimanjaro.
As night rapidly rose from the moorland to engulf us, a porter’s song floated across Kilimanjaro’s cradle.
His haunting, suspended hymn gently sedated camp as silent stars sparkled. We would leave for the summit in a few hours.
– Gerry Roach - from Ride the Breath
- The Songs of Kilimanjaro |
| Earth’s Continent Summits |
Photo Gallery |
Africa’s Kilimanjaro, 19,340 feet |
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Kilimanjaro’s ice-clad summit cone Kibo soaring over Kenya’s Amboseli National Wildlife Park. |
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| Kilimanjaro, all of it, soaring above Tanzania’s heat haze. |
