Mount Kenya Quotes

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“There may be a way up, but there is no way down. ~ E.A.T. Dutton ”

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“And, at the end of the day, when the sun drops behind the peaks, the sky becomes a miracle of colour. ~ E.A.T. Dutton ”

“After the prayer was over, I told Fundi to go onto the glacier. He went a few steps farther, and then, with a pleading look, said, 'No farther, master; it is too white.'”

“Few mountains have such a superb array of ridges and faces. ~ Eric Shipton ”

“'Now wait and you will see,' said Giuán... 'See what?' 'Batian. It is so marvelous that you will just sit down and stare.' He was right and we did. ~ Felice Benuzzi ”

“The camp at Hall Tarn is a delight. On all the mountain there can scarcely be anything more wonderful. It is an eyrie. It is pitched on the brink of the precipice. ~ E.A.T. Dutton ”

“It was eighty miles away from us, but it stood out sharp and clear on the eastern skyline. ~ John Walter Gregory ”

“...summer every day and winter every night... ~ O. Hedberg O. Hedberg (1969), "Evolution and speciation in a tropical high mountain flora", Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 1 pages: 135-148 ”

“He [Fundi] put on the boots—under protest, but absolutely refused to keep them on. As he also declined to allow me to put nails into the soles of his feet (his hide would probably have held them),... whatever snow-work was necessary would have to be done alone.”

“The Kenia crater must be from 10,000 to 12,000 feet in circumference, and the bottom, which is pretty uniformly covered with snow and ice, is some 650 feet lower than the rim. ~ Count Teleki ”

“...and I longed to return to the peak to explore some of the many ridges and faces which as yet had never been attempted. I now realise how lucky I was to have had this extraordinary peak virtually to myself;... ~ Eric Shipton ”

“While cutting a way through the bamboos we suddenly stumbled upon a block of lava... As I examined it, my interest was roused; for its grooved and rounded surface suggested that it had been carried to its present position by ice. ~ John Walter Gregory ”

“We were immediately struck by the likeness of this peak to the wreck of an ancient vessel. It needed but little imagination to visualise the storm-crushed forecastle and poop, the remnants of protruding ribs, the stumps of masts and bowsprit. Even a porthole was open, in the form of a natural window in the rock wall. ~ Felice Benuzzi ”

“As pious Moslems [sic] watch with strained eyes the appearance of the new moon or the setting of the sun, to begin their orisons, so we now waited for the uplifting of the fleecy veil, to render due homage to the heaven-piercing Kenia. ~ Joseph Thomson ”

“The mountain-top is like a stunted tower rising from among ruins and crowned by three or four low turrets, upon which we sat, feet inward... We dared, however, stay only forty minutes—time enough to make observations and to photograph—and then had to descend, not from any physical inconvenience due to the elevation, but for fear of the afternoon storm.”

“The sky being clear, I got a full sight of this snow-mountain... It appeared to be a gigantic wall, on whose summit I observed two immense towers [Batian and Nelion], or horns as you many call them. These horns, or towers, which are at a short distance from each other, give the mountain a grand and majestic appearance which raised in my mind overwhelming feelings.”