We had spent the past week slowly working our way up the slopes of Kilimanjaro via the Shira route. Today was the day we would summit the mountain, before beginning our descent.
We had ascended the western base of the volcano this past half week, had hiked through jungle and moorland, and were now entering Kilimanjaro’s alpine desert region.
Mt. Kilimanjaro has fascinated me ever since I read Ernest Hemingway’s classic novella, “The Snows of Kilimanjaro“. Little did I know as a schoolboy that I would one day walk its slopes. As it turned out my journey to the Roof of Africa was one of my greatest travel experiences.
