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VIDEO: Climbing Mount Kenya, Second Highest Mountain In Africa

VIDEO: Climbing Mount Kenya, Second Highest Mountain In Africa

Take a journey through the mist and ice with some hikers climbing to the summit of Kenya’s highest mountain — second highest in Africa after Mount Kilimanjaro. At least seven of Mount Kenya’s 18 glaciers recorded in the 1890s by early explorers have disappeared. The rest are shrinking and may disappear in our lifetimes. Of the 15,000 visitors to the national park each year who attempt to summit, most climb Point Lenana, (16,355 feet). Mount Kenya’s tarns and alpine meadows, its exotic high-altitude equatorial vegetation, its sunbirds and soaring eagles, make the walk one of the most beautiful expeditions in the East African mountains.

Watch the video of the climb at AFKTravel.com.