Highest place you've been on

9350 feet (approximately 2800 m)

I did a night in Quito before going to the Galapogas.

Quito is capital of Ecaudor and second highest capital in the world, if anyone's curious.

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Glaucus said:
Which route, how did you find the alttitude sickness? Which company? Would you do anything different? Did you make a thread?

Altitute sickness did hit me a bit, but I was better off than some of the others. Never had a headache in my life, but the altitude certainly gave me one. Diamox was invaluable - defintiley take that with you.

I used Ultimate Kilimanjaro - http://www.ultimatekilimanjaro.com/

They weren't as expensive as some of the ones like Tusker who were charging almost $5,000.

Made a thread with some pictures, but nothing more than that. Will dig it up later. As for anything different - maybe a little bit more training; but I am incredibly unfit.


How was that route?
Been mainly looking at Rongai as its the least used, Machame route is the one for new year, least interesting route by the sounds of it.
Lemosho is meant to be the nicest views/wildlife.
How much training did you do?
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Route was good. Some bits were hard going, but overall, nice. Keep in mind - I don't have that much else to compare with. I used Lemosho for two reasons - the nice views; and the fact that it was one of the longer routes. Thought it best to take our time and reduce the risk of altitude sickness by spending more time adjusting to it.

Is Machame the coca cola route? (i.e. - easiest and most crowded)? If so, yes, I would avoid it. Lemosho wasn't terribly busy, but you still passed by a fair few people. Our own group was only 5 people + guide though. There was a second group with the same company as well and we followed quite similar paths since it was the same company, but still not all that much.

Training - I tried to do long treks in and around London but really didn't do as much as I should. probably a couple of months of it. You will be climbing for 4-7 hours at a time. It will be very slow moving (don't try and be macho and go fast. The guides tell you to go slow and whenever you pass by anyone, they basically tell you to go slow) but the altitude can make it a struggle. Frequent bouts of straight uphill.

Will post more later but if you have any questions based on this, feel free to ask.
 
Numerous Ascents above 4000m in the alps, Atlas Mountains of Morocco, American Rockies, and Mount Shasta volcano (California).
 
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