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Look who made it to the top of Kilimanjaro this week!
The new card system explained
Wednesday 31st October 2007
Now that the ‘credit-
Website to be relaunched
Tuesday 30th October 2007
In the next couple of weeks this website is due to be relaunched. This is partly because of pressure from readers who have rightly been telling me how unwieldy it is, partly because I myself have been unhappy with its layout...
Is Mr Cangiano the oldest Canadian to climb Kilimanjaro?
Monday 29th October 2007
I’ve just received an email from a Mr Donald Cangiano who successfully climbed Kilimanjaro in 2005. Nothing unusual in that of course, though his age at the time of summitting, 71, is certainly noteworthy. Mr Cangiano’s email was a simple one: is he the oldest Canadian ever ...
New book on Kilimanjaro!
Friday 26th October 2007
A new book on climbing Kilimanjaro has just been published. Written by Chris Baker, who climbed the mountain in 2005, the book deserves special mention because all profits go to the Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project (KPAP) – a decision made after Chris...
Dare you take the 2008 Kiliman challenge?
Thursday 25th October 2007
It is now possible to register for the 2008 Kiliman Challenge. This gruelling event is a triathlon of sorts, beginning with a climb up to the summit of Kilimanjaro (which, for entirely sensible safety reasons, is the only section that is not a race). Those who successfully reach the summit can then race in the other two events...
Alas, no breasts exposed on the summit of Kilimanjaro
Tuesday 23rd October 2007
It is with deep regret that I have to inform my fellow Kilimanjaro lovers that Alex Karpinski failed in her attempt to reach the summit of Kilimanjaro. Alex, you may remember, was climbing to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital ...
Is your Kilimanjaro guide lazy?
Monday 22nd October 2007
I’ve just received an interesting email from a couple of readers who recently climbed Kilimanjaro. Barbara and Stephen Harkness climbed with a ‘reputable and large Moshi based trekking company’...
Further details of Bern’s record wheelchair climb up Kilimanjaro
Friday 19th October 2007
More details are emerging of Bern Goosen’s record-
Pioneer a new route up Kilimanjaro with us!
Thursday 18th October 2007
I am delighted to be able to announce that from next year I will be leading several
treks up Kilimanjaro -
WORLD RECORD FOR KILIMANJARO WHEELCHAIR CLIMB SMASHED!
Tuesday 16th October 2007
Yesterday afternoon at 4pm Bern Goosen of South Africa reached the summit of Kilimanjaro – and in doing so, smashed his own record for the fastest ascent of the mountain in a wheelchair...
Precision Air announces new flight to Arusha - but are they flying it?
Tuesday 16th October 2007
For those who plan to see more than just Kilimanjaro when they visit Tanzania (and there is plenty more of this beautiful country to see!) you may like to know that since the middle of September Precision Air have been flying from Zanzibar to Arusha...
New fire on Kilimanjaro!
Monday 15th October 2007
According to reports, fires broke out last month on Kilimanjaro which almost led to the cancellation of several expeditions. The fires broke out on the 20th September near the Rongai Route, the only route on the northern side of the mountain. As is common, locals are blaming ...
Tipping the driver - should you, or shouldn’t you?
Wednesday 10th October 2007
Here’s an interesting (if minor) point that was raised with me the other day – a
question that I had never even pondered upon before: What should one tip -
Kilimanjaro hero returns to the mountain – and you can follow his progress!
Tuesday 9th October 2007
The first man ever to climb to the summit of Kilimanjaro by wheelchair has returned to the mountain to emulate the feat. South African Bernard Goosen, who suffers from cerebral palsy, first reached the summit in 2003...
A Kilimanjaro medical kit
Monday 8th October 2007
Readers of my guide will know that in the book we describe what kind of medical kit
a well-
Assistant guides in scramble for licences
Friday 5th October 2007
The Kilimanjaro National Parks Authority (KINAPA) have confirmed
to me that they insist that all assistant guides who work on the mountain should
be fully licensed, in addition to the guides who actually lead the treks...
Beware - problems with cashpoint in Moshi
Thursday 4th October 2007
Successful Kilimanjaro climber Sammy Adams has written to say that several tourists have had their bank accounts raided after using the cash machine at the NBC in Moshi. Although details are hazy, the group had no idea that there was a problem until they returned to the UK and checked their statements...
Park fee payments - the new rules
Wednesday 3rd October 2007
The new rules regarding payment of park fees are finally with us. The rules are all to do with how the fees are paid – namely, that from now the fees must be paid by a debit card...
Triplets at the top - but is it a record?
Tuesday 2nd October 2007
I’ve just been sent photos from Hal Haltom, who recently made it to the summit with his three children, Travis, Cameron and Haley. The fact that triplets all made it to the top at the same time is highly unusual; what’s even more remarkable, however, is the...
The temperature at the summit of Kilimanjaro – bikinis or brass monkeys?
Monday 1st October 2007
It’s a question many trekkers want to know the answer to – just how cold is it at the summit of Kilimanjaro? Well there is an old mountaineer’s saw that says that, above 4000m, for every 150 metres you ascend, the temperature drops by 1° centigrade....