Take the Mount Kilimanjaro lift

Take the Mount Kilimanjaro lift

Tanzania has the highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro. The government is trying to increase the revenue from tourists to their country and are exploring putting a cable car lift to the top of the mountain. Around 50,000 tourists climb Kilimanjaro annually. A cable car could increase tourist numbers by 50 percent by providing access to the mountain for those unable to climb it. They may increase the number of visitors right now, but one visitor from the U.S. can have a maximum of 15 people behind him, of which 13 are porters, a cook and a guide. All these jobs will be affected by a cable car. Perhaps they can add an African ski concession.

 

Dumb questions from tourists in Africa:

1. Will I be able to swim with hippos?

2. We are really afraid of bugs: how likely are we to encounter them on safari?

3. Do you put all the animals in cages at night?

4. Can we reduce costs by excluding all meals at the safari lodge and just grabbing MacDonald’s while we’re game viewing?

5. “Are the elephants allowed to push over the trees?”

When my doctor asked me about what I did yesterday, I told him about my day.
“Well, yesterday afternoon, I waded across the edge of a lake, escaped from a mountain lion in the heavy brush, marched up and down a mountain, stood in a patch of poison ivy, crawled out of quicksand, and jumped away from an aggressive rattlesnake.” Inspired by my story, the doctor said, “You must be an awesome outdoorsman!” “No,” I replied, “I’m just a terrible golfer.”

The reason I climb mountains is because they are there. That is the reason everyone else goes around them.