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"Mount Kilimanjaro, the world's highest free-standing mountain"
So, no cables or scaffolding propping it up like other mountains have
Not as part of a mountain range, perhaps.
Or other mountains, presumably.
I suspect it's not part of a range (or other cooking appliance)
I assume it's not in a mountain range - I honestly don't know, I've never been? Makes sense to me. Some countries have very odd mountains (by British standards anyway), where the surrounding land can be flat as a pancake for miles, with one giant boob rising from the ground.
So it's decided then; we'll consult Holly.
[i]the surrounding land can be flat as a pancake for miles, with one giant boob rising from the ground. [/i]
Boris Johnson visits Norfolk?
So is Everest 'fitted' or 'built-in' ?
[i]So is Everest 'fitted' or 'built-in' ? [/i]
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First thought was it might be do with prominence (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographic_prominence), but it doesn't look like that's the case here as Kilimanjaro is [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_peaks_by_prominence ]ranked 4th in that list[/url].
"Free-standing" means it stands alone and is not part of a mountain range. Usually these are volcanic mountains.
http://www.mountainprofessor.com/highest-mountains.html
Not as part of a mountain range, perhaps.
This.
Snowdon, for instance, has three or four extra little peaks around it, which have their own names. So the physical lump is actually three or four named mountains joined together.
Other peaks are part of long ridges.
Kilimanjaro is one big massive lump with only one peak - a free standing mountain.
Or two big boobs.... this is similar to the view we had when on holiday at about 45 miles away [img] 
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*I didn't take the photo I've nicked it from a website.
[i]Or two big boobs[/i]
Boris [i]and [/i] Ken?
Mount Titti****a earlier 🙂
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Kilimanjaro is a single volcano on an otherwise flat plain, Moshi, at it's base is only about 900m above sea level. I would imagine that coming up with a watertight definition of "freestanding mountain" would be tricky though.
The gain in altitude on a typical route up Kilimanjaro is actually around 15% more than climbing Everest from base camp.