Mt. Kilimanjaro Podcasts
Listen to podcasts of trekkers while they are on Kilimanjaro.
Kilimanjaro Podcast on NPR
I discovered this interesting Kilimanjaro link today. It’s an audio podcast of an NPR journalist’s climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro in 2004. It’s good to hear his take on climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro - and finally making it to the top. The podcast is brief, and makes the one week climb seems like it’s really fast.
Listen to Podcast on NPR
There isn’t an insightful information that you can gleam from this, except “Pole, Pole,” which means slow in Swahili.
Date: March 23rd, 2007 |
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Kilimanjaro Climber Interview
Tracy Benham talks about her first day climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro. In less than two days, Tracy flew from Florida to Europe and onward to Tanzania, and started climbing the mountain with little sleep - arriving the night before she started her ascent up Kilimanjaro. It’s not recommened for sure, but Tracy managed to summit.
Listen to Tracy’s Podcast after her first night at Machame Camp.
This interview was done on Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Date: March 1st, 2006 |
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Stomach Virus - Podcast on Kilimanjaro
It can happen to anyone. You have prepared for one year to climb Africa’s highest mountain. You are fit, have all the right gear, bought your ticket and flew to East Africa. You are ready to start your climb and are at the base of the mountain. Now, all of a sudden, you feel really sick. It happens to lots of people - stress, new environment, new food, too many conflicting prescriptions, etc.
Here is a Kilimanjaro podcast of Alexa getting sick at the begining of day one on the Machame Route.
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This interview was done on Mt. …
Date: February 16th, 2006 |
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Kilimanjaro Song
Here is a great song that Chuck and his friends recorded before Chuck’s climb up Kilimanjaro. No - it’s not the Toto Africa song, “I blessed the rains down in Africa,” but rather some lyrics that were made up on the spot. The more you listen to it, the better it gets. Chuck’s playing bass.
Listen to Kilimanjaro Song
Date: February 10th, 2006 |
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Morning Before Summit
After five days of hiking, Court Ries is starting to feel the difficulty of the sporadic mountain weather. Listen to Court’s remarks about her perspective on climbing Kilimanjaro. The mountain was starting to beat her down.
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This interview was done on Mt. Kilimanjaro
Date: February 2nd, 2006 |
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Kilimanjaro Climber Interview - Podcast
Jonathan Liberman was in great spirits on his climb up Kilimanjaro. On the morning of Day 2, at Machame Camp which sits at 10,000 ft, Jonathan reflects on this next day.
Listen to Jonathan at Machame Camp.
This interview was done on Mt. Kilimanjaro
Date: March 2nd, 2006 |
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Day 4 Interview - Podcast Interview
Kilimanjaro Climber Jonathan Liberman reflects on his fourth day climbing Kilimanjaro. He is about to climb the Great Barranco Wall.
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This interview was done on Mt. Kilimanjaro
Date: February 18th, 2006 |
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Interview with Daisy - Podcast Interview
Daisy Ko shared with BootsnAll her perspective on climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro on her second day on the mountain.
Listen to Daisy discuss her second day
On a seperate note, after this interview, Daisy did make it almost to the top of Kilimanjaro. She made it about 3 hours from the top, but was forced down because of heavy wind and the pain of being very cold. None of Daisy’s gear ever arrived from her flight to Tanzania, so she forced to borrow clothes and get by with little equipment.
This interview was done on Mt. Kilimanjaro
Date: February 11th, 2006 |
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Cold, Wet and Pissed - Kilimanjaro Podcast
On Day 1 of our climb hiking up to Machame Camp, the rain started to pour. After an hour of solid rain, we ran into our first big issue on Kilimanjaro. It wasn’t with our group, it was another. There were two girls, wearing nothing more than shorts and tank tops, in the pouring rain. These girls didn’t even anything to keep them dry. There looked very upset, were soaked, a bit stressed out since there trip just started, and were trying to communicate with their assistant guide, who didn’t speak any English.
Listen to Donovan discuss what …
Date: February 9th, 2006 |
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Day 1 - Hiking to Machame Camp
Listen to Deanna and Court as they talk about the first day of the Machame Hike. This is hiking from Machame Gate to Machame Camp.
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This interview was done on Mt. Kilimanjaro
Date: January 30th, 2006 |
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