I have a friend who will clim mount Kilimanjaro, a volcano in Tanzania
Oh wow! That would be quite the feat. I always admire people who do that.
Yes, It is the highest mountain in Africa
That's impressive. How tall is it?
The summit has been measured in 1999 and 2014, but I don't know the precise value. 
I bet it's huge. I wonder if a lot of people have climbed to it's peak.
It is a quite popular climb, while tough, Kilimanjaro is not as difficult as the Everest or K2. 
A lot of people have died on Everest, which is so sad. I can't imagine how hard that climb would be.
Those climbs are really difficult, for K2 for 300 successful attempt, there was 77 fatalities
That's horrible! I had no idea the odds were so bad.
of the Karakoram range and the highest point in both Pakistan and Xinjiang.
K2 is known as the "Savage Mountain" due to the extreme difficulty of ascent. It has the second-highest fatality rate among the eight-thousanders, with around 300 successful summits and 77 fatalities; about one person dies on the mountain for every four who reach the summit. It is more difficult and hazardous to reach the peak of K2 from the Chinese side, so it is usually climbed from the Pakistani side. K2 has never
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro or just Kilimanjaro (), with its three volcanic cones, "Kibo", "Mawenzi", and "Shira", is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It is the highest mountain in Africa, with its summit about from its base, and above sea level. The first people known to have reached the summit of the mountain were Hans Meyer and Ludwig Purtscheller, in 1889. The mountain is part of Kilimanjaro National Park and is a major climbing destination. The mountain has been the