Mt. Kenya Traditional Geocache
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This cache is placed to remember famous trip to Mt. Kenya of JirkaPanek and Birk.
Mount Kenya is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. The highest peaks of the mountain are Batian (5,199 metres (17,057 ft)), Nelion (5,188 metres (17,021 ft)) and Point Lenana (4,985 metres (16,355 ft)). Mount Kenya is located in central Kenya, just south of the equator, around (150 kilometres (93 mi)) north-northeast of the capital Nairobi. Mount Kenya is the source of the name of the Republic of Kenya.
Mount Kenya is a stratovolcano created approximately 3 million years after the opening of the East African rift. It was covered by an ice cap for thousands of years. This has resulted in very eroded slopes and numerous valleys radiating from the centre. There are currently 11 small glaciers. The forested slopes are an important source of water for much of Kenya.
The volcano was first reported by Europeans in 1849 by Johann Ludwig Krapf, but the scientific community remained skeptical about his reports of snow and ice so close to the equator. The existence of Mount Kenya was confirmed in 1883 by Joseph Thomson (explorer) and it was first explored in 1887. The summit was first climbed by a team led by Halford John Mackinder in 1899. Today there are many walking routes, climbs and huts on the mountain.
There are eight vegetation bands from the base to the summit. The lower slopes are covered by different types of forest. Many species are endemic to Mount Kenya such as the lobelias, the senecios and the rock hyrax. An area of 715 square kilometres (276 sq mi) around the centre of the mountain is designated a National Park and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park receives over 15,000 visitors per year.
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