The incident comes hours after a group of Russian tourists died when the snowmobile they were travelling in overturned on an unlit black run on Mount Cermis, in the same area.

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We busted out the goggle strap mount and found some black diamonds -- and some green dots, too.

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To ski the full vertical of this resort on the best of the red and black runs, we were told to head south to Mount Kasprowy Wierch.

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In the acacia-dotted savannahs of the Solio Private Reserve, beneath the snow-capped horn of Mount Kenya, we were hoping to catch a glimpse of a solitary black or white rhino tending to its young.

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