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Despite its tumultuous history the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans and Normans each came through, it is remarkably intact, and the mountain's unique microclimate keeps it shrouded in a thick fog that adds to its mystique.
Monique Stringfellow: Sicily's Wild Western Coast Monique Stringfellow 2011
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Ignored warningsAmong the victims was a respected elder who many residents considered the mountain's spiritual guardian, charged with appeasing fickle spirits.
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Uhuru Peak, the mountain's highest point, is 19,340 feet above sea level.
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He took a route considered particularly harrowing because of the mountain's violent storms, which can rip climbers off its face.
Obituary: Freestyle mountain climber Kurt Albert dies of injuries from fall T. Rees Shapiro 2010
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Most who fled were the elderly and children, while adults stayed to tend to homes and farms on the mountain's fertile slopes.
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While the mountain's eastern face is steep and cliff-heavy, the western side offers walkable trails to the top.
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When they reached the mountain's summit, even Clancy took a pull,
Archive 2010-05-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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A golden rim peeped over the mountain's snowy shoulder, smiled upon them an instant, then dipped from sight again.
In a Far Country 2010
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Later, we were able to gaze down into the mountain's vast, snow-filled crater.
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Indonesia warned its most volatile volcano could erupt at any time, prompting calls for the evacuation of thousa nds of villagers living on the mountain's slopes.
World Watch 2010
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