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Kilimanjaro is a snow-covered mountain 19,710 feet high, and is said to be the highest mountain in Africa. Its western summit is called the Masai "Ngaje Ngai", the House of God. Close to the western summit there is the dried and frozen carcass of a leopard. No one has explained what the leopard was seeking at that altitude.
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Well, let's see if I'll get closer to answering that riddle come August.
Have signed up for a trek up to the summit. Before then, will have to work out and get back into shape. Recalling Ernest Hemingway's short story, it strikes me that there's never been a more apt time for me to make this trip than now.
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