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Mark Ziese

November 20, 2023

Exploring Tanzania

The Big Five on African Safari

Mark Ziese

November 20, 2023

Exploring Tanzania

Meet the big five, the most dangerous animals on an African safari.

Mark Ziese

November 13, 2023

Exploring Tanzania

Masai Warrior: I Pity the Leopard

Mark Ziese

November 13, 2023

Exploring Tanzania

A Masai Warrior is prepared for the dangers of the African night, including the leopard. Watch the interview.

Mark Ziese

January 5, 2018

Backcountry, Mountaineering, Mt Kilimanjaro, Travel, Exploring Africa, Exploring Tanzania

The most interesting man in the world

Mark Ziese

January 5, 2018

Backcountry, Mountaineering, Mt Kilimanjaro, Travel, Exploring Africa, Exploring Tanzania

The most interesting man in the world

Ernest Hemingway dangled a riddle of death at the front end of his short story, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro." But what kind of epigraph is this? A freeze-dried window decoration? A chewy historical tidbit? The most interesting man in the world may have solved the riddle.