What? Are you crazy? Kilimanjaro?

When my friend first mentioned that he wanted to climb Kilimanjaro, my reaction was: "What? Are you Crazy?". The highest mountain on the African continent!  The highest free-standing mountain in the world! That's crazy.  I don't even like roughing it.  The roughest I've gone was camping in the rain, in warm temperatures and the only shoes I wore were flip flops.

Some facts on Mount Kilimanjaro:

Location - Tanzania, Africa
Elevation - 5898 m (19 341 ft)
Type - Stratovolcano (Extinct volcano)

I am not nearly fit enough to climb this mountain!  I don't have gear.  I don't have money.  I don't have time.