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Mount Kilimanjaro Research

1. How long ago did Kilimanjaro erupt? It last erupted about 200 years ago, but the last major eruption was about 360,000 years ago.

2. What is the name of the volcanic cone? Kibo is the name of the highest peak. There are two others, Mawenzi and Shira.

3. What kind of animals can be found on the lower levels of Mount Kilimanjaro? Here are some examples: o Blue Monkeys o Colobus Monkeys o Honey Badgers o Chameleons o Sunbirds o Very occasionally, giraffes, leopards, zebras, hyenas and buffalos

4. What is at the summit of the volcano that is not at the base? There is snow, but there is now almost 80% less of what was there a hundred years ago. In another twenty years it might have all gone.

5. What reasons are there for climbers not making it to the top? Name: Date:

It is a very strenuous climb and one of the greatest challenges as you climb is to become used to lower levels of oxygen because of the altitude.

6. Do you have to be young to climb Mount Kilimanjaro? Give evidence. One has to be able to climb in difficult conditions, but the oldest person to reach the summit was an 87 year old man.

7. Name the routes you can take to climb the volcano. There are six official routes. Three of them, Machame, Umbwe and Marangu approach from the south, two called Shira and Lemosho from the west and one, Rongai, from the north-east.

8. What fraction of people manage to reach the summit every year? Can you calculate how many people that would be? Approximately 25,000 people attempt to climb Kilimanjaro every year and about 2/3 of them are successful. That would be about 16,300.

9. Did anyone ever climb Mount Kilimanjaro in a day? Andrew Murray and Donnie Campbell, two Scottish runners, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 7 hours on 4th July 2013.

10. What can you find at the top of Kibo? There is a wooden box at the top, where climbers sign once they have reached the summit.

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11. What kind of weather would you find at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro? The weather at the top is like in the Arctic and it is very changeable and difficult to predict.

12. How many cones does Mount Kilimanjaro have? There are three volcanic cones, Mawenzi, Shira and Kibo.

13. Is Mount Kilimanjaro extinct? Mawenzi and Shira are extinct, but Kibo is dormant and could potentially erupt again.

14. How tall is Mount Kilimanjaro? It is 5,895 metres tall.

15. Which country is Mount Kilimanjaro in? It lies on the border between Tanzania and Kenya, just south of the Equator.