Accidents on Kilimanjaro

Accidents on Mount Kilimanjaroof altitude sickness. The founder of the Game
Mount Kilimanjaro at 5964 m is the highestchain stores, Barry Clements, 57, collapsed four
mountain in Africa and highest free standinghours into the summit push and died of a heart
mountain in the world and one of the few peaksattack while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.
of this height that is non-technical (i.e. you do notKili is one of the popular "Seven Summits" (highest
need ropes and pitons to climb it). As asummit on each continent).
consequence of this a significant number ofKili is one of the easier 7 summit mountains, and
tourists climb Killi every year.suffers a rapidly melting glacier. Over 82% of it
Having technical experience is not necessary,has disappeared since it was first surveyed in
however, at 5875m there is a very serious risk1912.