Water of life2014

After living three years in South Africa as an expat, Eva Thieme decides to climb Kilimanjaro with her teen-age son and friends. The book chronicles the planning and preparation stages for the trip, as well as a day by day account of her experiences and thoughts during the ascent of the mountain, her arrival at the summit, and the final descent of Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak and the world's highest freestanding mountain.