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In celebration of International Mountain Day, Ukalene Productions releases the official film trailer: Namuli. The community-backed film documents the spirit of exploration and what happens when a team of rock climbers, biologists, and conservationists sets off on an unconventional expedition into one of the world’s least explored and most threatened habitats. The film follows an international crew as they push the bounds of friendship, climbing, and scientific research on the 2,000-foot granite face of Mozambique’s second highest mountain, Mount Namuli.

Five years ago, professional climber and social entrepreneur Majka Burhardt saw a photo of a rock face in Africa and launched what is now an international conservation and development initiative on Mount Namuli, the second highest mountain in Mozambique. In the beginning we called the initiative the Lost Mountain. We’ve transitioned to a new name, LEGADO (“legacy” in Portuguese, Mozambique’s … Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE— Maputo, Mozambique, Tuesday, July 28, 2015 For the past twelve days, 33 African and North American students, adventurers, scientists and conservation leaders gathered in Gorongosa National Park for the first ever Lost Mountain Next Gen Symposium. “The 2015 Lost Mountain Next Gen Symposium was created to empower young people from around the world to look at conservation … Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE— North Conway, New Hampshire and Maputo, Mozambique Friday, July 3 On July 11th the 2015 Lost Mountain Next Gen Symposium will bring together an international group of university students, scientists, conservation leaders and professional adventurers in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. Presented by Positive Tracks, the twelve-day symposium brings together 35 young people to launch a conversation on “disruptive” … Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Maputo, Mozambique, Wednesday, July 1 On July 11th the 2015 Lost Mountain Next Gen Symposium will bring together an international group of university students, scientists, conservation leaders and professional adventurers in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. The twelve-day symposium will launch conversation on “disruptive” conservation–a new model for building community-driven conservation in some of the world’s most remote and biologically … Read More

Ethiopia was a lark. In 2006 I was over-caffeinated and restless in Colorado and volunteered myself to go to the Horn of Africa with a group of people I just met. I went. I stayed. I wrote two books. I keep returning. Mozambique was a calculated process. I saw a photo. I looked behind it, beside it, dug deep into ... Read More

The Lost Mountain is moving forward: the Additive Adventure 2015 Next Gen Symposium is in July, and we have 26 participants from Africa and North America. The African participant team is assembled. Seventeen students from Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Mozambique ranging from undergraduate to doctoral students will join us in Gorongosa National Park. Meet four more: Lelani Mannetti, Namibia, Masters ... Read More