The Shadow of Kilimanjaro

Offers an account of a journey on foot from the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro to the Indian Ocean. This work offers us a view of East Africa, and how it once was before the incursion of European civilisation, before the balance of its primal wilderness was destroyed.

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This is a remarkable account of a thrilling journey on foot from the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro to the Indian Ocean. Rick Ridgeway, one of the world's foremost mountaineers and adventurers, offers us a rare view of East Africa as it is today, and how it once was before the incursion of European civilisation, before the balance of its primal wilderness was destroyed.