Mt Kenya Fine Line complete

Mt Kenya Fine Line sculpture

The purpose of this expedition was to make the eighth of the Fine Line project sculptures on one of the peaks of Mt Kenya - Pt Lenana - altitude 4985 metres.

The sculpture was made with the help from our porter James Mwangi Gathoca by gathering frozen snow from patches remaining in the shade of the summit rocks. It was left overnight to freeze again so that it could be shaped before dawn next day when it was photographed.

Due to climate change permanent snow and ice on equatorial mountains like Mt Kenya is disappearing fast. This is bringing devastating consequences to the surrounding ecology and human populations that rely on the water from the mountains.