Guerillas in the Mist

I dreamed about it for years: the massive glaciers on the equator, the hypertrophic plants, the constant rain and impenetrable mist. But it was only after I’d learned that global warming was radically altering these mountains, that I bought a plane ticket I went there.

Photo 1. Steve Roach riding on the local taxi in Uganda.

Photo 2. A porter waiting in the rain.

Photo 3. Steve Roach inside one of the quickly melting glaciers.

Photo 4. Ascending ice on the west face near the summit of Marguerita. The Rwenzori are almost constantly shrouded in fog.

Photo 1. Steve roached dwarfed by the giant lobelia of the Rwenzori Mountains.

Photo 2. The West Face of Marguerita, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Photo 3. Delicate climbing on snow-covered slabs.