Kenya. This is mountaineering on Mount Kenya the highest mountain in Kenya, shown here with a mountaineer climbing what is known as Mackinders Chimney, so named after the guy who first climbed it on what is now the normal standard route to the top of Nelion the lesser of Mount Kenya's twin peaks at 17,022ft

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This is mountaineering on Mount Kenya the highest mountain in Kenya as it was in 1976/77 shown here with a mountaineer climbing what is known as Mackinders Chimney, so named after the guy who first climbed it on what is now the normal standard route to the top of Nelion the lesser of Mount Kenya's twin peaks at 17,022ft. Note the basil loop of rope to the right left behind by a previous climbers.

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Location: Kenya, East Africa, Mount Kenya
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
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