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Mount Cameroon: Four Seasons in One Climb
From tea fields through montane forest to bare lava — our photo desk spent three days on West Africa's highest peak. Photographs by Samuel Etonde & Eposi Lyonga. Tap any photo to view full screen.
Mount Cameroon rises above the tea fields of Tole, early morning.
Volunteer planters on the lower slopes — part of the buffer-zone reforestation drive.
Looking back toward the coast: the estuary's mangrove channels from 900m.
Porters cross the Ombe river at dawn before the ascent.
A forest elephant traverses the montane forest belt, camera-trap region, 1,400m.
Eco-club students from Buea on a guided field day at the forest edge.
Guides mark the climb's end with song at the village festival below.
METV's crew filming the summit-zone segment for the documentary.