Gerry Pye is a former RAF wing commander and chartered aeronautical engineer. After retiring from the RAF, he spent many years as an Open University associate lecturer specializing in engineering and global development management. He began writing on military history and aviation in 2000, and he became a full-time freelance writer in 2022 after a successful expedition to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. He lives in Cambridgeshire with his fiancée, Karen, and has a son, Joseph, who followed in his father’s footsteps to pursue a career in aeronautical engineering.
Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest free-standing mountain in the world. It can be climbed successfully with minimal technical skill, but the physical and mental challenges are huge. The secret to conquering Mount Kilimanjaro is to just keep going, a maxim that applies equally when facing the trials of...