This work is an incredible journey on foot from the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro to the Indian Ocean, offering a rare view of East Africa as it is today and how it once was before the incursion of European civilisation.

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Compared to other species, we are a curiously ignoble lot.", 4 Jan 2003

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Combining moments of danger with moments of profound introspection, mountaineer/explorer Ridgeway details his journey from the top of Mount Kilimanjaro through the Tsavo game reserves to Mombasa, a month-long journey on foot, which allows him to experience man's primal relationships with the environment. Traveling with an experienced guide, two members of the Kenya Park and Wildlife Service, and two sharpshooters (in case of life-threatening danger), Ridgeway follows dry riverbeds across the savanna, seeking "tactile knowledge of Africa's wildlands and wild animals."

Far more than a search for thrills, the journey offers Ridgeway an opportunity to observe breath-taking vistas and the full panoply of wildlife, from the elephant to the tiniest of birds, paying equal attention to all. Mourning the absence of once-plentiful animals from the bushlands near Kilimanjaro, and the decline of species elsewhere, Ridgeway contemplates the long-term effects of colonialism, big game hunting, poaching, traditional tribal values, climatic changes, and tourism, as well as man's seemingly innate tendency to kill certain species into extinction.

Ridgeway, long a hunter himself, is an engaging author, both observant and thoughtful. A great admirer of hunter-turned-game-park-adminstrator Bill Woodley, whose two sons from the Park and Wildlife Service are on the journey, he is aware that conservation is a crucial issue. Extolling the work of elephant researchers Cynthia Moss and Joyce Poole, the latter of whom joins the group for part of the journey, he points out that they have acquired through study a kind of knowledge not available to hunters. As he lauds the efforts of Richard Leakey and others to save both animals and their habitats, Ridgeway's sensitive and impartial treatment of conservation issues allow him to convey the "big picture" effectively and to conclude: "The central hope for Africa's large mammals...is to fight fiercely not only to preserve, but even to expand, their wild habitats. Whatever happens to the beasts, happens to man."
Mary Whipple

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5.0 out of 5 stars A superb picture of the East African landscape, 7 Sep 2000

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Rick Ridgeway manages, in the guise of a walk from Kilimanjaro to the coast, to give a full account of the state of Game conservation in East Africa - including the past, with Richard Leakey et al; and the politics and the many vested interests which have created the current fragile status quo. He also conjectures on the possible routes into the future.

What makes this so readable are the many detailed descriptions of incidents and conversations - involving many of the key characters involved in this evolution - and these give colour to the whole story. His description of the walk itself gives the reader a real feel for the dust and discomfort of the environment, but the elation in close encounters with the wildlife.

I've not yet visited the area myself, but feel as though I have experienced it, through this book.

We need more like this!

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