with Tony Soper
It is the very top of Africa, a snow-covered volcano over 19.000 feet high. To reach it means crossing forests and a desert; then comes the final struggle up a wall of shattered lava where lungs gasp for oxygen in the thin, cold air.
Despite these hardships hundreds of people like ANDY and ELEANOR Williams have a taste for the special challenge offered by Africa's greatest mountain.
Film cameraman HUGH MAYNARD Sound I.YNDON BIRD
Producer NED KELLY. BBC Bristol