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November 06, 2010
Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro is the tallest mountain in Africa and is a stratovolcano, with three cones: Shira, 3962m. Mawenzi, 5149m. and Kibo, the highest, 5895m.
It was first climbed by a European, Hans Mayer of Germany, after two failed attempts in 1887 and 1888, on 5th October 1889, with professional climber Ludwig Purtscheller of Austria and guide Yoanas Kinyala Lauwo of Tanzania.
Posted by john at November 6, 2010 01:01 PM