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African ascent: A moment of joy and tears on Mount Kenya Pic: Photo Courtesy
Mount Kenya is no.40 on NYTimes Travel’s list
Mount Kenya is one of our 52 places to go this year. See why. https://t.co/GUBq1LChtk
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 25, 2020
The second-tallest mountain on the African continent, Mount Kenya — a massive, sleeping volcano that last erupted about three million years ago — lies just south of the Equator and dominates the landscape of central Kenya. The mountain is also home to some of the world’s last remaining tropical glaciers. But not for long: A recent assessment found that permanent ice on Mount Kenya could disappear completely before 2030.READ MORE