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Spremajući se za put na Kilimandžaro čuli smo za legendu o leopardu zaleđenom u glečeru na samom vrhu.

Nju je iskoristio Hemingvej kao moto svoje čuvene priče “Snegovi Kilimandžara”, a u filmu je ubedljivo koristi Henri King dočaravajući uzbudljivi život pisca koga igra Gregori Pek. Iako je tema filma sudbina pisca Hari Strita u turbulentnom, ali romantičnom XX veku, od građanskog rata u Španiji do umetnosti Pariza i Bliskog Istoka, Kilimandžaro kao da spaja sve i daje smisao. Tako izgleda i šezdeset godina kasnije kada i mi odlazimo u potragu za našim “leopardom”.

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During the preparation for a journey to Kilimanjaro we heard about the legend of the leopard frozen in the glacier at the top. It is mentioned in the motto of “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” and in Henry King’s film based on the novel, recreating the exciting life of a writer played by Gregory Peck. Although the theme of the movie is the destiny of a writer named Harry Street in the turbulent but romantic twentieth century, from the Civil War in Spain to the artistic city of Paris and the Middle East, Mount Kilimanjaro unites everything. So it seems today, sixty years later, when we go in quest for our “leopard”.