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We
can't help being thirsty, moving toward
the voice of water. Milk drinkers draw close
to the mother. Muslims, Christians, Jews,
Buddhists, Hindus, shamans, everyone hears
the intelligent sound and moves with thirst to
meet it.
Mevlana
Jeladuddin Rumi
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Mount
Kilimanjaro rises majestically from a rolling plain
close to the Indian Ocean from hot savanna to a barren
and frigid 3.5-mile high peak. It is the highest mountain
in Africa and one of the largest free standing mountains
in the world.
Kilimanjaro
National Park takes in the area above the 8,850 feet
(2,700 meters) on the mountain. It includes the moorland
and highland zones, Shira Plateau, Kinbo and Mawenzi
peaks. In addition, the Park has six corridors or rights
of way through Kilimanjaro Forest Reserve. The Forest
Reserve is also a Game Reserve established in 1921;
the Park was established inn 1973 and officially opened
in 1977.
Kilimanjaro
stands a scant 205 miles south of the equator, on the
northern boundary of Tanzania. Its location on an open
plain close to the Indian Ocean, and its great size
and height strongly influence the climate, vegetation,
animal life and the climbing conditions. It is made
up of three distinct volcanoes: Kibo 19,340 feet (5,895
meters); Mawenzi 16,896 feet (5,149 meters); and Shira
13,000 feet (3,962 meters).
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Alpine
Ascents International Climb Dates: 18
August to 1 September 2002
International
Mountain Guides Climb Dates: 22 September to 6 October
2002
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Rumi
was born in Balkh (Afghanistan) in 1207 to a family
of learned Persian theologians. Escaping the Mongol
invasion and destruction, Rumi and his family traveled
extensively in the Muslim lands, performed pilgrimage
to Mecca and finally settled in Konya, Anatolia, then
part of Seljuk Empire. When his father Bahaduddin Valad
passed away, Rumi succeeded his father in 1231 as professor
in religious sciences. Rumi, 24 years old, was an already
accomplished scholar in religious and positive sciences.
He was introduced into the mystical path by a wandering
dervish, Shamsuddin of Tabriz. His love and his bereavement
for the death of Shams found their expression in a surge
of music, dance and lyric poems, `Divani Shamsi Tabrizi'.
Rumi is the author of six volume didactic epic work,
the `Mathnawi', called as the 'Koran in Persian' by
Jami, and discourses, `Fihi ma Fihi', written to introduce
his disciples into metaphysics. Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi
died on December 17, 1273. Men of five faiths followed
his bier. That night was named Sebul Arus (Night of
Union). Ever since, the Mawlawi dervishes have kept
that date as a festival.
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