There are three volcano cones that make up Mt.Kilimanjaro, here are the three cones. Kibo-which us is 19,340 feet tall; Mawenzi-which is 16,896 feet; Shira-which is 13,000 feet tall.
There are many outragous records, set by amazing climbers, like the 4 sisters and the youngest people to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. Their names were Jillian, Velma, Lynette, and Cheryl Hunter. They went with there father Gene Douglas Hunter. As well as the youngest person of course we have the oldest person to reach it to the top of the mountain. The oldest person was nearly 87 years old, their name was Valtee Daniel. And the woman with a very inspiring story Heidi Zimmer who was blind when she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.
The fastest person to climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro is Bruno Brunod, who managed to climb up the mountain in 5 hours 38 minutes 40 seconds. And the fastest person to climb up and back down the mountain is Simon Mtuy, who set the record of 8 hours and 24 minutes.
This is the south view of the mountain, where you can see all three of the cones.
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