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NIDHARSHANA RAJU

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Mount Kilimanjaro Uhuru Peak Tanzania 5895m AMSL Africa's highest point World's highest free-standing mountain

ANY find a certain appeal in adventures, especially chasing the highs of trekking. But not all who do find themselves up for the task of trekking up Mount Kilimanjaro —the world’s highest freestanding mountain, located in Tanzania, Africa. This is largely because the trek involves climbing high altitudes, mostly without allowing one a day to rest, and the summit day can entail 15 hours of trekking upto 1,000 m in elevation where one will only have half the oxygen level that is normally available at sea level.