Hintertales: Stories from the Margins of History

The Prisoner Who Climbed a Mountain

October 14, 2021 Rachel Dunstan Muller Season 2 Episode 2
Hintertales: Stories from the Margins of History
The Prisoner Who Climbed a Mountain
Show Notes

Felice Benuzzi caught his first glimpse of Mount Kenya from behind barbed wire at Camp 354, a British POW Camp near Nanyuki, Kenya.  It was love at first sight. Over the course of eight months, Benuzzi convinced two other Italian POW’s to join him in preparing for the adventure of a lifetime: to escape from prison camp with the sole purpose of climbing the second highest peak in Africa.