Mount Kilimanjaro Expeditions

One of the tallest and largest mountains in the worldby a German duo named Oehler and Klute. Although
Mount Kilimanjaro lies on the border betweenthey scaled the mountain the attempt was referred
Tanzania and Kenya. It is one of the easiestto as the Hans Meyer Peak. There is some
mountains to climb because it has smooth steepcontroversy as to which woman was the first of
slopes and few landslides except near the top oftheir gender to scale Mount Kilimanjaro. Gertrude
Kibo. Kilimanjaro has three peaks, Shira, Kibo, andEmily Bernham claimed the feat in 1909 and a
Mawenzi. Shira and Mawenzi have the highest rate ofGerman woman named Frau Von Rueckteschell
erosion thereby have lost some of its peaks. Kibo,claimed it in 1914. However, the youngest to scale
the youngest is not as much eroded and is a perfectthe mountain successfully was a seven year old boy
cone.named Keats Boyd who did it January of 2008.
There have been many expeditions attempting toMount Kilimanjaro expeditions were many and
climb the big mountain. The most successful attemptcontinue. Although the mountain is easy to climb
to scale the mountain, but only after his fourth try,there is the caution that the climber should be in
was Dr Hans Meyer of Germany who made hisgood health to attempt the climb if not there can be
successful climb on October 5th, 1889. In 1912 theserious injury.
mountain was again scaled but at the Mawenzi area