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Mount Kilimanjaro 1994

Mount Kilimanjaro: Where It All Began – A Journey to Africa’s Highest Peak

“There’s nothing to explain its height. There are no other mountains surrounding it to suggest a smashing up of the earth. It simply stands there by itself, dominating the landscape.”— from 4000s by 40 This page reflects experiences from Chapter 14 in 4000s by 40. No other mountain changed me like Mount Kilimanjaro, and it was there…

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