No Picnic On Mount Kenya- A Daring Escape- A Perilous Climb.pdf [exclusive] File

When the PDF version of the book describes their departure, it is with a mix of tension and black humor. They created a dummy for Benuzzi’s bed to fool the guards during roll calls. They walked out of the camp not as fugitives fleeing for their lives, but as mountaineers heading for the hills.

Of course, there was on Mount Kenya. But Benuzzi’s title is ironic. The climb was hellish—cold, hungry, terrified, and illegal. Yet, in hindsight, every page of this PDF radiates joy. Because for two weeks, three prisoners forgot they were prisoners. When the PDF version of the book describes

No Picnic on Mount Kenya chronicles the 1943 escape of three Italian Prisoners of War from a British camp to climb the 17,000-foot Mount Kenya, utilizing homemade gear fabricated from scavenged materials. Felice Benuzzi, Dr. Giovanni Balletto, and Vincenzo Barsotti endured extreme conditions and successfully summited Point Lenana before honorably returning to captivity, earning admiration from their captors. Detailed information on this historic escape can be found at Of course, there was on Mount Kenya

In 1943, Italian Lieutenant Felice Benuzzi was a prisoner at Camp 354 in Nanyuki, Kenya. The camp sat at the foot of Mount Kenya, Africa’s second-highest peak. Through the barbed wire, Benuzzi could see the mountain’s twin peaks—Batian and Nelion—capped with eternal snow. Yet, in hindsight, every page of this PDF radiates joy