In the African tropics, almost kissing the equator but standing tall enough to sport glaciers like a sneer, the Rwenzori Mountains loom. It’s the absurdity that makes the eyes blink twice. Ice in the heat. Snow in the savannah. The whole experience is like nature took her organizational system and threw it in the air just to see what would emerge. The mountains stare back at you, like the earth is saying, “Easy. You don’t know everything.” Which, let’s be honest? Is half the
