As wide as all the world, great, high, and unbelievably white in the sun, was the square top of Mount Kilimanjaro. Mount Kilimanjaro, at 5,895 metres, is the highest peak in Africa. It also has the distinction of being the tallest free-standing mountain (i.e. not in an mountain range) and the tallest "walkable" mountain in the world.
First trip to Tanzania in February 2002
We arrived Arusha in the evening the 9th of February 2002 and we started climbing Kilimanjaro the following day. After a little car breakdown in Arusha, we reached Machame Gate and our guide and assistent ...
Posted in Hiking by berheleli
I’ll be coming down the mountain when I come…
of the stretcher - one of the Kilimanjaro Mountain Rescue Crew. The only problem is, he didn't have a stretcher ...
Posted in Greg Wesson's Esoteric Globe by GregW
Hitting the Wall
power them. Many of the different routes up Kilimanjaro converged along this pathway. Our ...
Posted in The Travels of Two Couch Potatoes by evilnoah