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Article: MYTHIC MOUNTAIN EXERTS A STRONG PULL.(News)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- July 25, 2003
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Byline: Bryan Mealer Associated Press
MOUNT KENYA, Kenya -- The jagged slopes of Mount Kenya, where 12 members of one family died in a plane crash this week, have long drawn climbers looking for a challenge and religious believers who say their god dwells there.
It may be second to Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro in height and yearly number of visitors, but Mount Kenya's mythic image and beauty have a powerful allure -- that was, after all, what brought the Brumley family on the trip that killed them and their two South African guides last week.
"Most climbers who do both mountains in Africa prefer Mount Kenya," Bongo Woodley, senior Kenya ...