-Rising19,340feetabovesealevel,Kilima来自njaroisthetallestmountaininAfricaandtheworld’sh失江护罪么控ighestfree-stan360问答dingmountain.
-Kilimanjarolies205milesSouthoftheequ用跟在风证体茶atorandstandsonTanzania’snor手设统thernborderwithKenya.
-Thestructureiscomposedof3volcanoes:Kibo(19,34尼考盐村名亮宪0feet),Mawenzi(16,896feet),andShira心钢长火(13,000feet).
-Kilimanjarosupports5ma四joreco-zones:rainforest,heath,moorland,alpinedesertandglaciers.
-Wi称参毫款差无运陆早重旧ththeexception侵流速别世修时斗ofthesummitzone,wildlifeispotent滑伤服iallyencountered宗帮苦灯策曲早治板把throughou又tthelowerpartso汽散想定企记吸ftheclimb.Y得举导皮钟oumayseeelephants,buffalo,andelandonthenorthernslopes;black&whitecolobusmonkeys,Sykesmonkeys,andtropicalboubouintheforestbelt;andbirdssuchassunbirds,augurbuzza房是月将介rd,mountainhawkeagle,lammergeierandwhite-napedravens.
-Thenam修临球总已肥口eKilimanjarohasnocert令烟晶唱磁英编收缩温ainorigin,butoneofthemostpopulartheoriesisthati客亚做令衡推tcamefromKILMANJAROmeaning“shiningmountain”inSwahili.Theshinysnowonthepeaklednearbyresidentstobelievethatevilspiritsguardedthemountain.ThismythcouldalsoexplainwhysomereferredtoNJAROasademonthatcausedcold.
-Becausetheysawfellowtribemembersattempttheclimbonlytodisappearortoreturndeformedfromfrostbite,theChaggapeople—wholiveatthebaseofthemountain—forcenturieshadnodesiretoclimbthemountaintheybelievedwasfullofevilspirits.
-In1889,GermangeographerHansMeyerandAustrianmountainclimberLudwigPurtschellerwerethefirsttoclimbKilimanjaro.
-Today,about15,000peopleattempttoclimbKilimanjaroeachyear,asaspiritualjourneyorasapersonalchallenge.