If you are at the stage of researching major peaks, you are probably comparing these three. They are the dominant names in accessible high-altitude mountaineering for people who are ambitious but not yet technical climbers. They are frequently compared. They are very different mountains.

Kilimanjaro is not a technical climb. It does not require mountaineering experience. It does not require exceptional fitness. It requires the ability to walk uphill for six to eight hours per day across eight consecutive days.

Everyone knows Kilimanjaro is 5,895 metres tall. These are the facts that are not on the poster, the magma 400 metres below the summit, the crater dimensions, the 1912 ski descent and the real reason the glaciers are disappearing.