Zombies on Kilimanjaro
Subtitle: a father-son journey above the clouds
By: Tim Ward
Publisher: Changemakers Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Winchester, UK; Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9781780993393
Subjects: Fathers and sons; Parent and adult child; Mountaineering
Description: A father and son climb Mount Kilimanjaro. On the journey to the roof of Africa they traverse the treacherous terrain of fatherhood, divorce, dark secrets and old grudges, and forge an authentic adult relationship. The high-altitude trek takes them through some of the weirdest landscapes on the planet, and the final all-night climb to the frozen summit tests their endurance. On the way to the top father and son explore how our stories about ourselves can imprison us in the past, and the importance of letting go. The mountain too has a story to tell, a story about Climate Change and the future of humankind -- a future etched all too clearly on Kilimanjaro's retreating glaciers.
Table of contents: title: Impossible to climb; title: In the cloud forest; title: On Sky Island; title: To Lava Tower; title: Under the glacier's toe; title: Inside the blue tent; title: Zombies on Kilimanjaro; title: Down; title: Still itself; title: The myth of Kilimanjaro.