Top of Africa


This is the glacier at the top of Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro.  Uhuru Peak is at 5,895 m (or 19,341 feet) above sea level.  Before it was climbed by European visitors, the ice at the peak was assumed to be quartz.  After all, how can you have ice at 3 degrees off the equator?  The goal of the hike is to reach the peak to watch the sunrise over the Serengeti.  To do that you leave 15,000 feet at midnight and hike up switchback trails in complete darkness (except for a flashlight fastened to the guide’s ankle).

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