Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa

by Audrey Salkeld

A companion book to the new IMAX film is a portrait of the African mountain and the history, cultures, and wildlife surrounding it, from the earliest hunter-gatherers, to World War I battles, to the efforts for African independence in the mid-twentieth century. 40,000 first printing.

Genres: Travel, Africa, Nonfiction

271 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2002

About the author

Audrey Salkeld was an English mountaineer, historian, and author. She reviewed and documented the contents of the archives of the early expeditions to Everest, including researching George Mallory and the events behind his death.

Her book A Portrait Of Leni Riefenstahl won the Boardman Tasker award for 1996 and she was Chair of Judges for the award in 2014.

She translated from the German books by Reinhold Messner and Kurt Diemberger and co-edited works with David Breashears and Chris Bonington. She she also contributed to several documentaries related to mountaineering.

Audrey also assisted Jeffrey Archer with his fictionalised account of Mallory and Irvine, Paths of Glory (2009), winning his praise “for her invaluable help, advice and expertise”.

In 2022 Salkeld was made an Honorary Member of the Alpine Club "in recognition of her enormous contribution to mountaineering journalism, literature and film".

Reviews

[Imaculate Mosha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyed the learning the history of my tribe and our mountain . Even though the writer is a westerner, they did a good job at writing the POV of locals.

[Laura · Rating 2 out of 5]

The reading material is just very dry. Hard for me to keep interested.