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With a guide, a map and lots of tea breaks, Simon Calder retraces the steps of Felice Benuzzi, a PoW who escaped to climb Mount Kenya - then snuck back into camp.
Our hearts are broken." He added: "Kevin, a renowned Mount Kenya guide, passed away on 10.20 while assisting a hiker on a slippery slope. Both slid down the ridge and perished.
British climber, 60, falls to her death - and guide is dragged to his doom trying to save her - after slipping on ice while descending Mount Kenya Shilpa Shah, 60, from London, lost her footing ...
Mount Kenya was the first mountain Ms Shah, a keen hiker, had climbed. At around 5,200m (17,050ft) in height, it is the second-highest mountain in Africa after Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
In 2022, Nature Kenya engaged 26 community groups to plant more than one million trees at various sites across the country, including Mount Kenya, Aberdare Forest, Taita Hills forests, Mumoni Hill ...
Fire, illegal logging and invasive species have claimed 20% of the forests on the southwestern slopes of Mount Kenya in the last 20 years. The 700 members of the Chehe Forest Association are ...
Gachagua, who hails from the Mount Kenya region and is also home to former President Uhuru Kenyatta, has accused the former leader of politically dividing the region during the August polls. He also ...