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“Hall Tarn. 13,000 feet up Mt. Kenya and halfway between Ist and IInd rest houses. Vegetation is giant groundsel. Summit, in background, of Mt Kenya, summit 17,040 ft. Summit distance from Chogoria 35 m.” Landscape view of a body of water with mountainous peaks rising behind. Hall Tarns is a lake on Mount Kenya named after District Commissioner F.G. Hall. Dr Irvine, with his friends and family, made numerous climbs on the mountain and Chogoria was a popular base for mountaineers. ❧ Image from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the early years of the Chogoria mission, established near Mt Kenya in 1922 and run by Dr Irvine, ministering to the Chuka and Mwimbi peoples.
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