February 8th "Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro" with Susie Winthrop

A big thank you to Susie Winthrop who thoroughly entertained and educated IGC members at the Ipswich Library on the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 8th with a slide/video chronicle of moving through the "six zones" of very distinct vegetation on Mt. Kilimanjaro to reach the highest summit on the continent of Africa. For all of us who braved the icy winds and pavements to be at the meeting, our efforts were well rewarded with Susie's tale of plant life and high elevation adventure.

Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is an inactive stratovolcano in north-eastern Tanzania and the highest mountain in Africa at 5,895 metres or 19,341 ft above sea level (the Uhuru Peak / Kibo Peak). Can you see Susie and Fred up there at the top??

Photo by Susan Winthrop

Photo by Susan Winthrop

Susie answers questions from the Club.

Laurie Matson reminds everyone to enter the Greenslet Cup competition at the Annual Meeting. The prize is the keeping the beautiful cup she recieved for winning last year's competition.

Thanks to hostesses Allison Kemmerer and Lynda Mathey
for providing refreshments for the event.