Gorobi mountains
The Gorobi mountain range is one of the most breathtaking landscapes I have ever encountered. During the drive down to Gorobi from Zing, the beauty of my ancestral homeland spoke to me for the first time. Perhaps it was because this time I wasn't visiting as a city dweller compelled by a sense of duty. I wasn't visiting a backwater village with no electricity, no pipe bourne water and no telecommunications networks. It was a visit to the place my ancestors called home. For the first time, I was seeing Gorobi as it truly is. A fortress, a refuge and the testament of the strength of my ancestors. We decided to climb the Goromori mountain, which is the largest in the mountain range. It gets its name from the mori grass which grows wildly around the mountain. Mori grass is used to make brooms, to thatch the roofs of huts and to make fences. A few days before the climb, a string of unfortunate events trailed me closely, like flies to a cow. Two days before the climb, I went run...