The Snows of Kilimanjaro Are Diminishing

The author’s father, Waldon C. Rancie, circa 1940, in his Army Engineers Corps uniform, before service in Palestine,...

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The Snows of Kilimanjaro Are Diminishing But the long walk, minus adequate oxygen at nearly 20,000 feet, is filled with diverse encounters that enrich one's perspectives on life itself.

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The Snows of Kilimanjaro Are Diminishing
But the long walk, minus adequate oxygen at nearly 20,000 feet, is filled with diverse encounters that enrich one's perspectives on life itself.