"Within a decade, there will be no more 'Snows of Kilimanjaro.'" Al Gore - An Inconvenient Truth

"By the year 2020, there will be no snow left on Kilimanjaro, according to scientists, because of global warming, deforestation, human encroachment, all of that." - CNN Correspondent Jeff Koinange 08/20/2004

"...He took a photo of himself on the summit of Kilimanjaro in 1970 next to a 20ft high glacier at Uhuru Point. And 29 years later, his daughter was at the same point and there was only a trace of ice left. Maybe the people climbed up there and carted the ice off. I don't know." - Senator Hilary Clinton

 “As the photograph shows here, the snows of Kilimanjaro may soonexist only in literature"  - Senator John McCain

Uh-Huh, something tells me these esteemed 'galciologists' have never stepped foot on Mt. Kilimanjaro.  

Kilimanjaro is an example of when 'scientific consensus' does not equal scientific truth:

A joint Austrian-U.S. research team that took seven years of measurements from weather stations atop Africa's tallest mountain says that its ice fields will be around for another 30 to 40 years, while the glaciers on its slopes could last even longer.

Kilimanjaro's icepacks have been retreating since the 1800s, but "the vanishing of those glaciers between 2015 and 2020 as reported some years ago is definitely unrealistic," said study participant Thomas Moelg of the University of Innsbruck.

and...

The Center for Science and Public Policy issued a white paper refuting the claim of  melting glaciers at Kilimanjaro as evidence of human based global warming.

You can read the full document HERE

The cliff note version for those without copious amounts of free time can be found HERE

 and...

A study published in 2006 by AGU - American Geophysical Union, adds additional support to the idea that the glacial retreat in Kilimanjaro is a natural cycle.

Rapid retreat of slope glaciers at the beginning of the 20th century implies a strong departure from steady state conditions during this time. This strong imbalance can only be explained by a sudden shift in climate, which is not observed in the early 20th century. Results suggest glaciers on Kilimanjaro are merely remnants of a past climate rather than sensitive indicators of 20th century climate change.

We are not culprits, but simply witnesses to the glacier's decline, observers of the ebb and flow of the endless cycle of nature. I fully expect snow and glacier ice when I summit Kilimanjaro in 2008, despite Al's dire prediction.