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Saturday, July 22, 2006

Naturalist Robin Buxton polio made him disabled

I found the Article story, I mentioned on the previous entry about the nuturalist Robin Buxton, if you would like to see it, I recommend, to get the film of this extraordinary expedition, you can get it here

African-born naturalist Robin Buxton, an expert on the ecology of Kilimanjaro who has been permanently disabled from polio since age two and whose first effort to summit Kilimanjaro borders on the heroic. Also on the expedition are German geologist Volker Lorenz, a world authority on volcanoes; British geologist and team leader Kevin Docherty; and Tanzanian park ranger and naturalist Michael Ngatolowa

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1Comments:

  • At July 24, 2008 9:14 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    What a joy that was to watch on KQED TV. The man is an inspiration. The summit and the vegetation was like something out of my imagination.

     

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