The Annual Ol Lentille Pilgrimage to Mount Kenya took place,
according to established tradition, in August.
This year we were most honoured to
be accompanied by the Royal Family, House of Windsor. All very proud of themselves to make it to
the top... and all, you will agree, looking very chipper on the summit: though
it was duly noted by the whole party that, somewhat unusually, this mountain
does get significantly higher every year. As yet there is no clear reason being
given for this particular phenomenon though we have no doubt that the myriad of
scientists active in the Rift Valley area of Kenya will soon come up with a
variety of hypotheses to do with its equatorial location and its particularly
steep ascent, we also consider that global warming and forest fires almost
certainly have played their part this year.
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| Two monarchs? Well it is a Royal year... |
We were also honoured to be accompanied by Samburu Warrior
-turned Isiolo- High-School-student Vincent Lepukach. Vincent showed the whole Royal Party a new method of mountain hiking... running at the speed of an Usain Bolt sprint for 40 metres and then sitting for 5 minutes.
It did seem to work quite well until we hit an ice field where we had to cut
steps with an ice axe.. here the ‘sprint-sit’ method became a little
problematic, not to say lethal. No matter, Prince Philip can attest to the fact that Vincent DID
indeed reach the summit to join in the Royal Portrait photo.
Prince William and Kate obviously radiant at being able to overlook the site of their engagement hut, just below us on the mountain.
A great ascent had by all.
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