Kilimanjaro
Americannoun
noun
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“The Snows of Kilimanjaro” is a short story by Ernest Hemingway.
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Get Me Out of Here! and now Aitch has reached new heights - literally - by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
One time, he stood at the open door of a DC-3 plane to capture a case of whisky being dropped on the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro for a Canadian Club ad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
Even with all the accoutrements, doing nothing took some getting used to for the travel blogger, who has climbed Kilimanjaro and recently explored Antarctica.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
Instead, she will spend the day quietly at home in Kilimanjaro.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2025
In January 1996, Fischer led a high-profile fund-raising ascent of Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, that netted half a million dollars for the charity CARE.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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