Kilimanjaro Location: Tanzania, East Africa

Mount Everest Location: Himalayas, Nepal

Highest Peak: 5895m Highest Peak: 8848m

Himalayan black bear,

Over 150 different species of
Himalayan tahr, snow leopard,
mammals recorded including Wildlife:
red panda and musk deer and
the blue monkey and birds
many more.
such as the white-necked
Wildlife:
raven. In the lower regions, Despite being the highest
rare sightings occur of mountain in the world, this
elephants, giraffes, buffalo and challenge has attracted
porcupines. thousands of recorded
expeditions to the summit. The
There are several different Climbing:
first successfully confirmed
recognised routes to ascend assault was part of a British
Climbing: Kilimanjaro. The highest expedition and achieved by Sir
“Kilimanjaro 068” by davidthomas1 is “Mount Everest” by Gunther Hagleitner is
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Uruhu Peak. Norgay in 1953.
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K2 Denali
Himalayas, Pakistan/China
Location: Location: Alaska, USA
border.

Highest Peak: 8611m Highest Peak: 6190m

Animals include the Wolves, bears, caribou and

Himalayan wild yak and moose all inhabit the national
Wildlife: wild goat. Over 300 species park in which the Denali
of mammals are thought to Wildlife: mountain is located. Dall
inhabit the Himalayas. sheep can be found high up
the mountain along with a
K2 is the second highest wide range of bird species.
mountain in the world,
and was long considered to Formerly known as Mount
Climbing: be unclimbable. It is still McKinley, the mountain is
recognised as one of the most Climbing: climbed regularly now with
“K2 from Concordia” by Stuart Orford is “Denali National Park” by Caribou and Denali
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ascend. and four weeks.
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Aconcagua Location:
Andes, Argentina,
South America
Mount Fuji Location: Japan

Highest Peak: 3776m

Highest Peak: 6960m
Squirrels, foxes and birds can
Many bird species inhabit the commonly be spotted as well
area including the condor and Wildlife: as some rare sightings of
Wildlife: the purple eagle. Land animals black bears and the unusual
include mountain rats and the Japanese serow.
red fox.
Has a peak climbing season of
early July to mid-September
The highest mountain outside
when the weather conditions
of Asia. Not considered to
Climbing: are best. So popular during a
Climbing: be technically difficult for
festival week in August that
mountaineers, if approached
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some passages.

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Puncak Jaya Location: Mount Jayawijaya, Indonesia

Mount Elbrus Location: Caucasus Mountains, Russia
(peak)
Highest Peak: 4884m Highest Peak: 5642m

Wildlife is similar to that of Animals inhabiting the region

Australasia, including tree include the Caucasian red
Wildlife: Wildlife:
kangaroos, wallabies and deer, Syrian brown bear and
bandicoots. Eurasian wolf.

A more accessible mountain

Expeditions to ascend this to ascend than some of the
mountain usually involve a higher peaks of the world
route through dense jungle in Climbing: but considered the highest
Climbing:
a climate with lots of rainfall, mountain in Europe. A cable
“Mário Simoes ” by Carstensz Pyramid is making it a very difficult trek “Elbrus ” by John Brennan is licensed under car operates in the lower
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regions.

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