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These photos were taken over the two year period that I lived in Nanyuki, Kenya as a Peace Corps Volunteer.  Many of the photos come from an 18 day course that I attended when NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) still offered these classes.

 

The whole mountain showing the peaks in the center

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This picture shows how Mt. Kenya used to be quite a bit larger than it is now.  The original cone was ripped away by glaciers leaving only the 'plug' as the peaks.  The plug was magma that hardened slowly in the vent and formed very hard rock which was resistant to the wear of the glaciers.  As you can see from the width of the base, Mt. Kenya may well have been larger than Mt. Kilimanjaro at one time.

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Sunrise on Point Lenana - 16,000 ft.

These photos were taken over the two year period that I lived in Nanyuki, Kenya as a Peace Corps Volunteer.  Many of the photos come from an 18 day course that I attended when NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) still offered these classes.


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