Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
We arrived at the Machame Gate on Mount Kilimanjaro's south-western side at ten in the morning. The snow-capped peak, rising 5896 metres out of the otherwise rather flat northern Tanzanian landscape was enough to set apprehension on edge, but the day was sunny, the gear was packed, boots were tightly laced and after a quick sign in our team headed off.
We were comprised of your two intrepid authors, two eighteen year old, semi-shaven haired and highly pierced Ca...