Articles of category "Mountain climbing"

Home to the highest mountain peak in the world, Nepal has a reputation of a top mountain climbers' destination. Several highest peaks can be found here, 1300 of them being higher than 6,000m, eight of them ranking among fourteen higher than 8,000m, and, of course, Mountain Everest, regarded as a crown jewel, raising over 8,850m above sea level, and marking with its summit ridge the border between China and Nepal.

Recognized as the Africa's highest mountain, and the world's highest freestanding mountain, Kilimanjaro has always intrigued climbers from all over the world. It was discovered by the western world in the second half of the XIX century, having attracted thousands of climbing enthusiasts ever since. Kilimanjaro is a mountain where you can experience over 90 kilometers hiking, gain nearly 4,000 meters in altitude, and cross rain forest, alpine desert, and ice cliffs.