Donald, thank you. I WAS an experience for the memory bank.

Not something I would normally do, but 2 mates, late at night in the pub: "Why don't we do Kilimanjaro?"

I'm NOT a mountaineer/climber...I like walking fells & Hills...

BUT... It's the highest peak in Africa

BUT....It's the highest stand-alone mountain in the world

BUT....although it's 19,500 feet, you CAN do it without oxygen tanks...

BUT....it's a walk (mostly) not climbing...

And the rest is history, as they say!!