Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa up the Machame route with Amy Andrews, George Andrews, Eric Bowers, Cameron Martindell starting on 11 September 2007. Six day climb. All made it to the summit: 5,895m.
KILIMANJARO: Commonly refered to as a Senica Tree, this unique plant is more properly described as a shrub that becomes very large. The scientific name is Senecio Kilimanjari in the family Asteraceae (sunflowers).
KILIMANJARO: Our first lunch break of the day at 3,410m (11,200ft) where we can get a good view of the trail ahead along the spine of the ridge. The dominent Erica arborea, or Heath Tree is covered by a light brown moss, a typical post fire sucession that was started by someone dropping their cigarette not too many years ago. Some smaller and younger Erica trees have since sprouted up and make up most of the splotches of dark green in the image.
