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Kilimanjaro

High-Speed Internet Has Just Been Installed on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s Highest Peak

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High-speed internet has been installed at 12,200-feet on Africa’s highest mountain meaning hikers and climbers won’t need to be disconnected from Instagram or Facebook while they ascend the mountain. Related: Tanzania Government Plans on Putting a Cable Car Up Mount Kilimanjaro to Boost Tourist Revenue The broadband network was installed on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania on Tuesday. The nation’s government called […]

CragBrains | August 19, 2022
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Students, Residents, and Firefighters Battling Human-Caused Wildfire on Africa’s Highest Peak, Mount Kilimanjaro

500 volunteers, including residents, students, and firefighters, are battling to contain a fire that broke out on Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa on Sunday afternoon. Apparently, Mount Kilimanjaro is still on fire from last night. pic.twitter.com/vIRjUFV8Dn — Benjamin Fernandes 🇹🇿 (@Benji_Fernandes) October 12, 2020 The National Parks Service (TANAPA) posted a photograph on Sunday on Twitter of Mount Kilimanjaro with several pockets […]

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Firebrains | October 14, 2020
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The Ultimate Bucket List? Study Lists Top 20 Adventures in the World

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Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, trekking to Machu Picchu on the Inca Trail and rafting the Grand Canyon have been listed as the top three adventures in the world, according to a new study. Related: 89 Year Old Arizona Woman Becomes Oldest Person to Summit Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa The research was commissioned by a UK TV channel where a panel of travel experts, […]

SnowBrains | August 16, 2019
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89 Year Old Arizona Woman Becomes Oldest Person to Summit Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa

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89 Year old Arizona Native Anne Lorimor just became the oldest person to Summit Mt. Kilimanjaro… again. Just four years ago, Lorimor summited the peak at the age of 85, making herself the oldest woman to reach the highest point in Africa.  However, when she found out that an older woman had broken her record, and that a man had also […]

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Jack Conroy | July 31, 2019
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Tanzania Government Plans on Putting a Cable Car Up Mount Kilimanjaro to Boost Tourist Revenue

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African country Tanzania wants to boost tourist numbers by putting a cable car on 19,341-foot Mount Kilimanjaro, the world’s tallest free-standing mountain and is in talks about the project with a Chinese and a Western company. 50,000 tourists climb Kilimanjaro annually and officials estimate a cable car could increase tourist numbers by 50 percent, reports the East African. “We are still […]

SnowBrains | May 10, 2019
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Highest Soccer Match Ever was Played by Female Teams on Mount Kilimanjaro Summit

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In June 2017, two teams of female soccer players climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro and played the highest altitude game of football, of any gender, ever, reports Gripped. It was a world record and in 2018, they played another soccer game at the Dead Sea for another world record. The games were organized by Equal Playing Field (EPF), a […]

SnowBrains | July 19, 2018
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