At 5,199 m, Mount Kenya is the second highest peak in Africa. It is an ancient extinct volcano, which during its period of activity (3.1-2.6 million years ago) is thought to have risen to 6,500 m.

For nearly 25 years, the affable 50-year-old guide has been taking hikers to the peaks of Mount Kenya, nearly 5,000 ... transport moisture throughout east Africa, "and, hence, affected by our ...

Professional mountaineer guide and porter Godfrey Mwangi, 28, crosses a stream in the foothills of Mount Kenya, inside Mount ... the huge ice blocks off of Africa's second-highest mountain.

For nearly 25 years, the affable 50-year-old guide has been taking hikers to the peaks of Mount Kenya, nearly 5,000 ... transport moisture throughout east Africa, "and, hence, affected by our ...

Meru (Kenya ... huge ice blocks off of Africa's second-highest mountain. For nearly 25 years, the affable 50-year-old guide has been taking hikers to the peaks of Mount Kenya, nearly 5,000 ...