Anyone who has even attempted to climb Mount Kilimanjaro knows that porters are critical to the experience. Mystery writer MG Edwards, who is working on a book about Kili, as captured that beautifully in this post called The Porters of Kilimanjaro. With touching photos (we love the one with porters asleep at a picnic table) and flowing prose, Edwards tells his readers what we already knew:

The workers who serve on Mount Kilimanjaro are brave and dedicated souls who work for low pay and risk their lives to assist climbers in their quest to realize their dreams.