Crumbling crests

'It was beautiful': Mount Kenya's glaciers melting away

Updated: 2025-03-28 14:44
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Professional mountaineer guide Charles Kibaki Muchiri inspects the flora while hiking through Mount Kenya National Park on his way to the summit on March 6. LUIS TATO/AFP

"If they don't have that, they will just melt away," he said.

Porter and guide Godfrey Mwangi, 28, said he has already seen many glaciers disappear.

He pointed to a whitewashed cliff overlooking Shipton's Camp at an altitude of 4,200 meters, once covered in a sheet of ice.

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