Every year some 15,000 hikers suit up and climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the world's tallest freestanding mountain. They hire porters and pay anywhere from $900 for a basic package to $5,000 for luxury ...

A New Jersey Army veteran with one lung is defying all odds by climbing Indonesia’s tallest mountain and two other peaks next week — after a grueling ascent to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro ...