Interview With Expert Kilimanjaro Guide – Lema Peter
Meet Lema Peter, a Kilimanjaro Guide who has reached the “Roof of Africa” more than 100 times. Lema grew up at the foot of Mount Meru with never a thought of climbing up Tanzania’s second highest peak. His clan, part of the Meru tribe, believed that God resided up there. If anyone disturbed God, misfortune would likely befall on the clan. Mount Kilimanjaro, a few hours drive away was even more forbidding. If a powerful God lived on top of Mount Meru, then just imagine how powerful the God living on the top of ice-capped Kilimanjaro would be.
Nineteen years later we find a young Lema standing on the top of Kilimanjaro for the first time and worrying about how on earth he’s going to explain this to his mother. Ten years after that, Lema has started his own safari company – Serengeti Pride Safaris. Last month Lema’s sister reached the top of Kilimanjaro, she’s single in kind of the very hardly any Tanzanian women to have ended so. His brotherhood no longer worries about disturbing the God at the top of the mountain, they’re all too busy earning a living as porters.
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