Altitude sickness on Kilimanjaro Altitude sickness is not uncommon on Mount Kilimanjaro, also known as the Roof of Africa in Tanzania, and the highest peak in Africa, and tallest freestanding peak in the world! Towering at an incredible 5895m above […]
When you ascend too quickly into the thin air near the top of a great mountain like Kilimanjaro, your body reacts by developing altitude sickness. Altitude sickness is an illness involving all sorts of nasties, like headaches, nausea and dizziness. […]
