“The gradient up to now has been steep, but this last scree slope takes the biscuit; in fact, it takes the entire tin. (…) the cold insinuates itself between the layers of your clothes, penetrating your skin, chilling your bones and numbing the marrow until finally, inevitably, it seems to freeze your very soul.”
Henry Stedman (2014). Kilimanjaro – The trekking guide to Africa’s highest mountain, p. 284
Als je de bovenstaande woorden tegenkomt in een reisgids, weet je dat je je zorgen moet gaan maken.
