<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[&#039;Homecoming&#039; Blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[sueannbowlingauthor]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com/author/sueannbowlingauthor/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Jarn&#8217;s Journal Year 6 Day&nbsp;193]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Year 6 Day 193</em></p>
<p><a href="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/kilimanjaro.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="7278" data-permalink="https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/jarns-journal-year-6-day-193-ian1/kilimanjaro/" data-orig-file="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/kilimanjaro.jpg" data-orig-size="1832,1309" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1249297298&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Kilimanjaro" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/kilimanjaro.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/kilimanjaro.jpg?w=1024" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-7278" alt="Kilimanjero, Morguefile" src="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/kilimanjaro.jpg?w=300&#038;h=214" width="300" height="214" srcset="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/kilimanjaro.jpg?w=300&amp;h=214 300w, https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/kilimanjaro.jpg?w=600&amp;h=428 600w, https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/kilimanjaro.jpg?w=150&amp;h=107 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>Snow! At the Equator! How have I missed this?</p>
<p>Of course it’s high—very high. I can’t stay this high long without altitude sickness. But it’s the first snow I’ve seen in years.</p>
<p>I decided to map more of the landmarks in the interior of the continent. I find flying is easier the more I do it, so I started by teleporting to the equatorial east coast and flying west, pausing to use the stars to get coordinates whenever I saw a place I thought I might want to visit again.  It took remarkably little time to spot a snow-covered mountain.</p>
<p>I was night flying, to avoid the heat, but I won’t need to worry about that on this mountain!</p>
<p>I think I will go back in daylight and see if this snow, like the rare snowfalls we had when I was a child, will pack into snowballs.</p>
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