In the shadow of Mount Kenya, surrounded by the forests and creatures of the savannah, life drags interminably for the inmates of POW Camp 354, captured in Africa during World War II. Confined to an endless cycle of boredom and frustration, one prisoner realizes he can bear it no longer.
When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, Felice Benuzzi is transfixed. The monotony of camp life is broken by the beginnings of a sudden ideaan outrageous, dangerous, brilliant idea. Not many people would break out of a POW camp and trek for days across perilous terrain before climbing the north face of Mount Kenya with improvised equipment, meager rations, and a picture of the mountain on a tin of beef as their most accurate guide. But this is what Benuzzi and his three comrades did in February 1943. And their adventure would live in infamy.

0:00 Introduction
0:35 Mt Kenya
1:53 The Felice Benuzzi Story
13:50 The Italian POWs Mt Kenya Climb Legacy
15:26 Conclusion/Survival Tips

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