Anyone climbed Kilimanjaro?

~>Dg<~ · 12 Jun 2009 at 15:15

i climbed the north face of the eiger

picture of most recent attempt

apeZ · 12 Jun 2009 at 16:00

~>Dg<~ said:
i climbed the north face of the eiger

picture of most recent attempt

No safety harness or anything? If you fall you are dead? :/

Sudden · 14 Jun 2009 at 10:12

Thanks for the post D.P. Do you know who your friends used and if they would recommend them? Will see about the Chamonix thing. Might be more hassle than it's worth (visa etc since I don't have a UK passport)

Ross1234 · 14 Jun 2009 at 16:00

Altitiude sickness is horrible. Drink lots of water it helps. Also, you burn easily up there. I normally dont burn and I burnt in 2 minutes with factor 50 sun block on :/

Sudden · 15 Jun 2009 at 10:49

Ross1234 said:
Altitiude sickness is horrible. Drink lots of water it helps. Also, you burn easily up there. I normally dont burn and I burnt in 2 minutes with factor 50 sun block on :/

I'm Indian. natural sun block

But cheers, will keep it in mind

Who did you use for the Kenya thing? did you like them? do you know if they do kilimanjaro as well?

Also, how much did you find flights over there for? Looking a bit right now, and looks like about 500 is the minimum. Is that roughly how much you paid?

Ross1234 · 15 Jun 2009 at 10:52

We didn't use anyone in particular. Just local porters. The land rover ride to the start was awesome. Our Land Rover rolled on its side!!!

The flights are expensive. Cant remember the price but I think mine was about 600. We flew by emirates

itsallaboutyou · 15 Jun 2009 at 12:13

If you fancy doing it for a good cause, check this out

have a look here

A fantastic experience

..might even get to meet wayne rooney

D.P. · 15 Jun 2009 at 12:42

Sudden said:
Thanks for the post D.P. Do you know who your friends used and if they would recommend them? Will see about the Chamonix thing. Might be more hassle than it's worth (visa etc since I don't have a UK passport)

They turned up and found a local guide.
www.SummitPost has some info and contacts.

Freefaller · 15 Jun 2009 at 13:05

Kilimanjaro is on my to do list. I really want to do it, but I'd want to do it with a friend or two to share the experience. It really does look amazing.

Freefaller · 15 Jun 2009 at 13:06

Sudden said:
I'm Indian. natural sun block But cheers, will keep it in mind

You could be blacker than black you can still burn so be careful.

davejm · 15 Jun 2009 at 14:54

I'd love to do Killy. I did the Lares trek in Peru last year (a different route to the Inca Trail) and that was fantastic. We trekked up to 4,400m and that was bad enough, although I only suffered from mild headaches. Some of our group got pretty sick.

dowie · 15 Jun 2009 at 14:56

mcast123 said:
Did it years ago, it's just a long walk until the last camp where altitude can get you. The guides call it the "coca-cola" route. I puked and got severe headaches, even though I was fitter than most.

Altitude is a bit wierd though, I had some major problems with it in Nepal and Tibet and was very fit at the time (was 18 and was a decent x-country runner, did plenty of climbing etc..).

you can try taking diamox tablets, drink plenty of water etc... do an acclimatisation trek first.

I thin these days you can get special tents to sleep in before you go which basically starve you of oxygen and simulate the effects of being at altitude.

Hatter The Mad · 15 Jun 2009 at 14:57

I took part in a walk for comic relief this year, it was good fun. We raised a few £million

Ed · 15 Jun 2009 at 16:10

A personal friend of mine, Henry Stedman, is THE man. He's probably sold more books on the subject than anyone.

Check his website out at http://www.climbmountkilimanjaro.com/

Sudden · 16 Jun 2009 at 10:14

Ross1234 said:
We didn't use anyone in particular. Just local porters. The land rover ride to the start was awesome. Our Land Rover rolled on its side!!!

The flights are expensive. Cant remember the price but I think mine was about 600. We flew by emirates

Aah right. Yea, that's how much they're coming to around. Just wanted to make sure i'm not getting ripped off, hehe.

itsallaboutyou said:
If you fancy doing it for a good cause, check this out

have a look here

A fantastic experience

..might even get to meet wayne rooney

Thanks, but the dates don't suit me and is a bit more expensive.

D.P. said:
They turned up and found a local guide.
www.SummitPost has some info and contacts.

Cheers, i'l take a look at that. Did they find it hard to find a local? or pretty easy? also, how much did they pay for them do you know? And they were satisfied?

Thanks

Freefaller said:
Kilimanjaro is on my to do list. I really want to do it, but I'd want to do it with a friend or two to share the experience. It really does look amazing.

Yea, i'm doing it with my cousin. Doing it with friends would be nice too but they're either not interested or finding it too expensive. Cousin is up for this kinda stuff and I get along with her great

Freefaller said:
You could be blacker than black you can still burn so be careful.

Will do

dowie said:
Altitude is a bit wierd though, I had some major problems with it in Nepal and Tibet and was very fit at the time (was 18 and was a decent x-country runner, did plenty of climbing etc..).

you can try taking diamox tablets, drink plenty of water etc... do an acclimatisation trek first.

I thin these days you can get special tents to sleep in before you go which basically starve you of oxygen and simulate the effects of being at altitude.

Yea, we're aiming for the lemosho route which is a bit longer than the others but gives you a lot more time for acclimitazation which the two of us think is well worth it.

Ed said:
A personal friend of mine, Henry Stedman, is THE man. He's probably sold more books on the subject than anyone.

Check his website out at http://www.climbmountkilimanjaro.com/

Very nice site. Very informative. Thanks

Though tour operators, it differentiates between the types and pros and cons, but not so much with names etc. Any chance you could ask him if there's any particular operator (s) he would recommend?

Thanks everyone for the help!