-Rising19,340feetabovesealevel,KilimanjaroisthetallestmountaininAfricaa来自ndtheworld’shighestfree-standingmountain.
-Kilimanjarolies205milesSouthoftheequat座电清orandstandsonTanzania’snorthernborderwithKenya.
-Thestructureiscomposedof3volcanoes:Kibo(19,340feet),Mawenzi(16,896feet),andShira(13,000feet).
-Kilimanjarosupports5majoreco-zones:rainfo困跳别乱提皮它rest,heath,moorland,alpinedesertandglaciers.
-Withtheexceptionofthesummitzone,wildlifeispotentiallyencounteredthroughoutthelowerpartsoftheclimb.Youmays360问答eeelephants,buffalo,andelandonthenorthernslope夫推考s;black&whitecolobusmonkeys,Sykesmonkeys,andtropicalboubouintheforestbelt;andbirdssuchassunbirds,augurbuzzard,mountainhawkeagle,lammergeierandwhite-napedravens.
-ThenameKilimanjarohasnocertainorigin,butoneofthemostpopulartheoriesisthatitcamefromKILMANJAROmeaning“sh顺早仍外齐素告脱游云iningmountain”inSwahili.Theshi苗底展案实准把严慢差挥nysnowonthepeaklednearbyresidentstobelievethatevi急顾刘lspiritsguardedthemountain.Thismythcouldalsoexplainwhyso界计须拿八水永刻手mereferredt光流吸互应十院oNJAROasademonthatcausedcold.
-Becauseth激杨核按eysawfellowtribemembersattempttheclimbonlytodisappearortoreturndeformedfromfrostbite,theChaggapeople—wholiveat翻底政令云能thebaseoft既节刚短担鲜印军刘律hemountain—forcenturies个hadnodesiretoc热反引镇limbthemountaintheybelievedwasfullofevilspirits.
-In1889,Ger苗希流钢温mangeograph内脱同袁erHansMeyerandAustrianmount衡屋达联水雷ainclimberLudwigPurtschellerwerethefirsttoclimbKilimanjaro.
-Today,about15,000peopleattemptt间副要女oclimbKilimanjaroeachyear,asaspiritualjourneyorasapersonalchallenge.