Kilimanjaro

A Climber's Journal

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Introduction

"...as wide as all the world, great, high, and unbelievably white in the sun, was the square top of Kilimanjaro"

       Earnest Hemingway

       "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"

Crowned by eternal snows, Mount Kilimanjaro is an overwhelming presence on the African landscape (it's no wonder the local people call it the "Home of God"). To climb its slopes and stand on the roof of Africa (and one of the world's seven summits!) is a dream of every adventurer.