Archive for March, 2006

Settings Records on Kilimanjaro

Date: March 31st, 2006 |

First Bearded Hippy Riding a Unicycle Up Kilimanjaro Given that it’s easy to climb and relatively safe, Mt. Kilimanjaro is known as a mountain to set a new record - and garner some quick fame as “being the first” person to either 1) climb the mountain in a certain way 2) or to [read more]

Evacuation Routes - Part 1

Date: March 29th, 2006 |

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You Can Get Down QuickThere are a number of different ways to evacuate yourself off Kilimanjaro. It just depends upon where you are - which camp and which trail. Generally speaking, compared to most mountains, it’s fairly easy to descend and evacuate off Kilimanjaro. It won’t take you a week - it’s usually just an [read more]

Sign In Please

Date: March 25th, 2006 |

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Sign Here PleaseIt’s probably one of the most ridiculous rules on Kilimanjaro. At every camp for six to eight days, your entire group has to sign in on an old scrappy booklet. Normally this wouldn’t be that big of an issue, but it’s frankly a big pain in the ass. At any given camp on [read more]

Can They Make Kilimanjaro Safer?

Date: March 24th, 2006 |

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With the recent, but numerous injuries and deaths on Kilimanjaro (higher than average this year, but very low in the grand scale of things), the Chief Park Warden of Tanzania, has finally come out with a few statements about how they plan “to make the mountain safer.”
To be honest, I don’t know if [read more]

Western Breach Still Closed

Date: March 22nd, 2006 |

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Climbing Closed As of March 2006, the Western Breach is still closed, due to the Western Breach investigation that is still taking place. A number of porters and tourists were killed back in January 2006, due to a number of rocks that broke loose from the glacier. Most of the climbers planning to ascend via [read more]

Climber Interview: Jonathan Kraft

Date: March 30th, 2006 |

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Name: Jonathan
Age: 26
State in the US: Colorado
Route up the mountain: Machame
How many days: 8
Number of people in your group: 17
What was your reason for deciding to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro?
So many reasons. Because it’s there, because the snow at the top will (reportedly) be gone within my lifetime, because I am physically [read more]

Machame Camp Night Picture

Date: March 28th, 2006 |

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Here is a picture of Machame Camp at night time, after the first day of hiking up the Machame Route. Machame Camp is at 3,000 meters/10,000 ft. It sits just outside the forest and right before the moorland.
Even though it was our first day of hiking, there were still trekkers that were having [read more]

Porters Consolidating Gear

Date: March 25th, 2006 |

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Prior to your climb at the gate to the mountain, the porters and guides start to consolidate all the gear for the entire trip. They break down luggage, food, and all the equipment for the trip. It’s even a bit more chaotic because you could have anywhere from 3 to 10 groups, with hundreds of [read more]

Keep Walking - Stella Point

Date: March 23rd, 2006 |

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You have walked and walked, for day and days. You started your final ascent to the peak just over seven hours ago. It was the hardest, most difficult part of the trip - just going up, up and up. The guide told you that were getting close, but that seemed like an eternity ago. A [read more]

Kilimanjaro’s Hidden Secret - Beer for Sale!

Date: March 21st, 2006 |

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I love beer
There is a hidden racket on Kilimanjaro, a little profiteering going on through a mixture of park authorities, guides and porters. When most tourists descend off Mt. Kilimanjaro, they want to quench their thirst with a nice good beer, whether it’s warm or cold, as long as it’s beer.
Since Safari Lager [read more]

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