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MT KILIMANJARO, TANZANIA


	WIDE AS ALL THE WORLD, GREAT, HIGH, AND UNBELIEVABLY WHITE IN THE SUN (Ernest Hemingway) SNEAK PREVIEW THRU DIRTY AIRPLANE WINDOW 17 June 1979 THE DAY BEFORE: AT THE MARANGU HOTEL (4660 feet) 05 December 1979 DAY 1 : ARRIVING @ MANDARA HUT (9000 feet) 06 December 1979 DAY 2: ONTO THE OPEN ALPINE MEADOW DAY 2: LOCAL EDELWEISS NEAR HOROMBO CAMP DAY 2: ARRIVAL AT HOROMBO CAMP (12340 feet) 07 December 1979 DAY 3: PATCH OF Dendrosenecio kilimanjari on the way to Kibo DAY 3: SIMAMA BWANA! NIMECHOKA! a much needed pause before crossing 'The Saddle' DAY 3: AT MID-POINT THROUGH 'THE SADDLE' looking West at Kibo DAY 3: AT MID-POINT THROUGH 'THE SADDLE' looking East at Mawenzi DAY 3: ARRIVAL & REST AT KIBO HUT (15520 feet) 08 December 1979 DAY 4: SOMEWHERE BETWEEN GILLMAN'S & STELLA POINTS (18640 feet) about 6:00 am DAY 4: STORM BREWING ABOVE THE CRATER about 6:30 am DAY 4: THE ETERNAL SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO about 7:00 am DAY 4: INTO THE MYSTIC LIGHT about 7:15 am DAY 4: UHURU PEAK AT LAST (19340 feet) 7:30 am A unique privilege: just with my guide, alone on the summit DAY 4: RELEASE OF EMOTIONS PROFOUND Uhuru Peak - 09 December 1979 DAY 5: 'SLAVA NA TEBE, GOSPODI' Contemplation from the Marangu Hotel, 10 December 1979 all photographs © Gilles Marie-Paul Laheurte \| Musicians \| Nature \| Architecture / Design \| Africa \| Haiti \| Pot-pourri \| Steve Lacy \| Burundi \| Congo \| Bolivia \| Argentina \| Rwanda \| Kilimanjaro \| Congo2 \| Haiti2 \| Congo3 \| Congo4 \| Skies of Africa \| Tanzania \| Benin \| Togo \| Mauritania \| Guinea \| SaoTome \| Mali \| Comores \| New York City \| Japan \| Street Art \| \| Return Home \| Architecture & Planning \| Fine Arts \| Writing \| Poetry \| Music \| Photography \| Theater \| Contact \|