Billy d (NZ), my attempt on Kilimanjaro, March 1973

250 CZ Scrambler provided by Motokov, Czechoslovakia
Also sponsored by: Shell, The Nation Group Newspapers, Printpak, Low & Bonar and the Marangu Hotel

The Start at the Hotel

Lined up outside the Marangu Hotel, 9 porters, a guide, my buddy Chris Sharp (in the Sherlock Holmes hat) and one of the owners of the hotel Miss Erika Lane giving us last minute advice. My buddy Doug Parry is the photographer.

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