ʻO Kilimanjaro. He mea pohihihi ka inoa ponoʻī i uhi ʻia i nā ao. Malia paha ʻo ia ke ʻano he Mauna o ka Mālamalama, Mauna o ka Nui a i ʻole Mauna o nā Caravans. A i ʻole ʻaʻole paha. ʻO ka poʻe kūloko, ka wachagga, ʻaʻohe inoa no ka massif holoʻokoʻa, ʻo Kipoo wale nō (i ʻike ʻia ʻo Kibo i kēia manawa) no ka piko hau maʻamau e kū nei me ka hanohano, ke kiaʻi o ka ʻāina nui, ka piko o ʻApelika.
ʻO Kilimanjaro, ma kekahi inoa, he hoʻohālikelike ia no ka nani hoʻohiwahiwa o ʻApelika Hikina. Ke ʻike ʻoe iā ia, maopopo iā ʻoe ke kumu. ʻAʻole wale kēia ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka ʻāina ʻApelika; ʻo ia hoʻi ke kuahiwi kūʻokoʻa kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka Honua, e kū ana me ka hoʻokaʻawale kupaianaha mai ke kiʻekiʻe o ka savannah a puni ma kahi o 900 mika - a hiki i kahi 5,895 mika MASL (19,336 kapuaʻi).
ʻO Kilimanjaro kekahi o nā piko kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua, he kukui no nā malihini mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua. Hiki ka hapa nui o ka poʻe piʻi i ka lihi o ka lua pele me ka ʻole o kahi koʻokoʻo hele wāwae, nā lole kūpono a me ka hoʻoikaika. A ʻo ka poʻe e hiki i Uhuru Point, ka piko maoli, ʻo Stella Point a i ʻole Gillman's Point ma ka lihi o ka lua pele, e loaʻa iā lākou kā lākou palapala hōʻoia piʻi. A me ko lākou mau hoʻomanaʻo.
Akā, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea e pili ana iā Kilimanjaro ma mua o kona piko. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o nā pali he huakaʻi honua climatic virtual, mai nā tropics a i ka Arctic. ʻOiai ma mua o kou hele ʻana i ka palena o ka paka aupuni (ma kahi o 2700m), hāʻawi nā pali wāwae i mahi ʻia i ke ala i ka ululāʻau montane momona, i noho ʻia e ka elepani paʻakikī, leopadi, buffalo, ka duiker abbot i hoʻopau ʻia, a me nā antelope liʻiliʻi a me nā primates. Aia ma luna aʻe ka ʻāpana moorland, kahi i uhi ʻia ai kahi heather nui me nā lobelias nui honua ʻē aʻe. Ma luna o 4,000m, kākoʻo kahi wao nahele alpine surreal i kahi ola liʻiliʻi koe wale nō kekahi mau mosses paʻakikī a me ka lichen. A laila, ʻo ka hope loa, hāʻawi nā mea kanu hope loa i kahi ʻāina kupanaha hoʻoilo o ka hau a me ka hau - a me ka nani kupaianaha o ka hale o ka ʻāina.
