World’s highest solitary peak spells a clear message to all!

Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Tanzania, Africa at 5,895 metres or 19,341 feet above sea level with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira at dormant stage.

These two images taken by NASA show the changes in snow accumulations on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. The top image was photographed on February 17, 1993 and the lower one was photographed on February 21, 2000. 

Retrieved from Earth Observatory News, Nasa and as a U.S. Government image, it is within the public domain.

Kilimanjaro view from the plane

Uploaded by hayhaenen on Apr 5, 2007 

On a clear morning I was lucky to see this view from the plane of the famous  Mount Kilimanjaro.

Kilimanjaro is one of the 26 regions in Tanzania. Moshi is the capital of Kilimanjaro region and home to Mount Kilimanjaro. Kilimanjaro bordered to the North and East by Kenya, to the South by the Tanga Region, to the Southwest by the Manyara Region, and to the West by the Arusha Region. As of 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Kilimanjaro Region was 1,381,149.

Dendrosenecio kilimanjari

Kilimanjaro National Park - Tanzania – 1996 Photo by Esculapio

Message from Theodore Roosevelt 1914

Groundsels of several species are found throughout the world as common roadside weeds, but nowhere except in the highlands of Africa do they exhibit such large tree forms.

White Snows in the House of God

Message from 100PlacesToRemember on May 20, 2009

When Ernest Hemingways novel The Snows of Kilimanjaro was published in 1936, it made the snow-capped East African mountain famous and turned it into a legend.

For the local Masai tribes living on the plains beneath it, the mountain had already been a living legend for centuries. To them, it is Ngàja Ngái the House of God.

Seen from the plains below, Kilimanjaros peak emerges from a ring of fog and cloud that shrouds its forest-covered lower slopes. When Hemingway first described the mountain, its snow-cap was already melting slowly. Between 1912 and 2003, climate change led to the loss of about 80% of its ice fields, and the remainder of the snow-cap is expected to disappear by 2020. 

In itself, the loss of the snow on top of Kilimanjaro will have a limited effect on the ecosystem, as it feeds only a few minor brooks. However, the symbolic effect will be enormous, as an illustration of the speed at which the global climate is changing.

Further down the mountain, the heavy clouds whose vapour and precipitation irrigate the Cloud Forests and feed the rivers have already diminished, due to the rise in temperatures and decrease in atmospheric moisture. This trend is projected to continue and has already increased the frequency of forest fires. 

Combined with human-induced deforestation, it will further reduce precipitation. This would have a devastating effect on the woodland, as well as the water supply for the million people of the Chagga and Masai tribes who inhabit the flanks of Kilimanjaro.

          Masai Tribe Dances

Uploaded by angelesnovillo on Oct 6, 2006 

Masai tribe dancing in Masai Mara reserve

Masai Music

Uploaded by nedrich on May 17, 2008 

Masai women of the Masai Mara singing

Maasai Culture

Uploaded by exploreTeam on Apr 17, 2007 

The Maasai are a tribal group of East Africa known for their tall stature, signature red clothing, and highly energetic and athletic style of dancing. Both Tanzanian and Kenyan government have encouraged abandonment of the traditional semi-nomadic lifestyle, but they have successfully maintained many age-old customs. Distributed by TubeMogul. explore™ (http://explore.org) is a multimedia organization that documents leaders around the world who have devoted their lives to extraordinary causes. Both educational and inspirational, explore creates a portal into the soul of humanity by championing the selfless acts of others.

Maasai Tribe: 

Arranged marriage views - Tribal Wives - BBC

Uploaded by BBCWorldwide on Jan 30, 2009 

Dionne Braham joins the Maasai tribe in Tanzania to learn more about community values and arranged marriages. Interesting short video from BBC show Tribal Wives. Part of a series. Six women give up their everyday lives and spend a month living with some of the world's most remote tribes, immersing themselves fully into their new culture. Each woman must work, eat and sleep exactly as the other tribal women.

Maasai images and song from the Great Rift Valley 

in East Africa.

Uploaded by egheath on Apr 10, 2007

Mount Kilimanjaro • Tanzania 

By: 100PlacesToRemember on May 20, 2009

  

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