Tether Transport

Dick Taylor wrote,

"I propose that SSI or some other organisation put a mass driver on the
western slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. This mountain is only 19,500
feet above sea level but has the advantage that it sits on the equatorial
bulge so is the highest point on the earth measured from the earth's
centre."

Is Tanzania politically stable enough? What kinds of sonic booms would be
generated, and would they be energetic enough to affect wildlife in the
nearby savannas of Serengeti, etc.? What would Kenya think of this plan?

Ron Menich