The wrong business relationships can cost you dearly-prevent the devastation of ineffective business relationships, before they go bad. Tough times can bring out the worst in partners, so it is tome to take a closer look at the results you want from an alliance. You built your alliance to expand your business, increase your profitability, and do it while decreasing costs. Imagine developing alliances that really do deliver more market power, increased productivity and profits, and doing it in a down economy.

Rising high above the plains of Tanzania, Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest mountain in Africa. Mount Kilimanjaro stands alone. It is not part of a FB Summit Review mountain chain and is not connected to any other mountain. It is the tallest free-standing mountain in the world. Mount Kilimanjaro ranks as one of the biggest volcanoes on Earth, although it is actually made up of three volcanoes. The tallest is a cone-shaped volcano named Kibo. Its highest peak rises 19,341 feet (5,895 meters) above sea level.

Mawenzi is shorter and has a jagged peak. Shira collapsed long ago and has eroded, or worn away, so much that its once jagged peak has become a flat plateau.Around the beginning of July, I received an email from Tim, a fellow Summit Post member from Salt Lake City. He had read my Arequipa Seven Summits report and wanted to climb some of those peaks using public transportation. I also was interested in climbing Chachani by the southern route using public transportation so we discussed