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Rwanda >
Ruhengeri >
Parc National Des Volcans >
Mount Kirasimbi Radio Tower
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Mount Kirasimbi Radio Tower
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created by seany
on 3/17/2005 7:52 AM
last modified by seany
on 10/23/2008 6:40 PM
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This location has been labeled by its creator as Public, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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At about 3500m there is an abandoned/destroyed support structure that was build during the towers construction for the engineers that housed the electrical generation facilities for the site at the peak. The way to the top is guided by a 150cm conduit that at one time held power cables run to the summit. At 4507m (the summit) There are two "shipping" containers that at one time held broadcast TV and FM radio equipment. The broadcast tower itself is ~30m tall and still has the original FM arrays from when It was operational; despite having been hit with a satchel charge during the war.
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Type: Buildings/radio tower
Status: Closed
Accessibility: Difficult
Recommendation: worth the trip
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Address
Parc National Des Volcans
Parc National Des Volcans, Ruhengeri
Rwanda
Owner: Rwandan Government/Orinfor
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Very bad weather, congan rebels
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It sits on top of Rwandas tallest mountain, which is also an inactive volcano. The FM arrays (for a comm junkie), war history, the view.
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fences barbed wire 24 hour guard locked gates 2000+ meter climb to the summit
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rope binoculars gloves long pants / sleeves lots of water, food, guide
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armed guide, GPS, helicopter
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The tower site was built in 1988. Contracted by the Orinfor (Rwanda's only national TV station), A German engineering firm built the tower and the support facilities over several years, employing thousands of local workers to haul all of the building supplies to the peak. During the genocide in 1994 the tower was raided and the support structures were looted, and in some cases destroyed.
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video link taken by one of my co workers on the trip to the top.
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The site will eventually become active again.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Opheliaism on 10/23/2008 7:35 PM.
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on Oct 23 08 at 19:35, Opheliaism validated this location on Oct 23 08 at 18:40, seany changed the following: Media Coverage, Web Links on Dec 7 06 at 19:32, Emperor Wang validated this location on Dec 5 06 at 22:24, Captain Obvious changed the following: Recommendation, Recommended Equipment on Mar 17 06 at 2:07, seany changed the following: Latitude, Longitude, Co-ordinate Accuracy, Prefer Satellite on May 16 05 at 20:57, seany updated basic gallery info on May 16 05 at 20:56, seany made this location public on Mar 22 05 at 22:14, seany updated a gallery picture on Mar 17 05 at 9:31, seany made this location available on Mar 17 05 at 9:30, seany updated basic gallery info
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