Mt. Kilimanjaro Mountain Warnings on Kili
Famous 1912 Kilimanjaro Picture - Global Warming
This is actually a very famous picture of Mt. Kilimanjaro although it doesn’t look like much. It’s a 1912 picture from a German explorer climbing the mountain. Scientists have been able to use this old picture and gauge how the glacier, snow and ice have depleted over the years. When you look at a picture of Kilimanjaro every 30 years, you can definitely see the difference.
Date: October 24th, 2006 |
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High in the Clouds - Barafu Camp Picture
Here is a sweet picture of Barafu Camp on Kilimanjaro. Barafu Camp sits at 4600 meters and is the highest camp on the Machame route.
Looking at this picture, you can see lots of clouds and sun. Usually, the clouds will open up to the sun and then close off all day on Barafu Camp. It’s definitely a camp area that is open to extreme weather, so you should think about setting up your tent behind a ledge, or in the middle of some rocks, or other tents, to help stop the wind …
Date: October 10th, 2006 |
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Should You Climb on New Years?
Many people like to plan trips up Kilimanjaro during the holidays, normally around Christmas and New Years. I have to say, last year we took a group to the top of Kilimanjaro, arriving on the first sunrise of New Years 2006. Although it was a wonderful experience and I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world, climbing the mountain on the last night was like walking through the mall a few days before Christmas.
It was busy - really busy. I am estimating a few hundred people summitted on New Years. And, it was pretty difficult to get the quintessential …
Date: June 28th, 2006 |
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Rescued on Kilimanjaro
One of the 3 percentI can’t confirm these reports, but recently I read that 31,899 people attempted to ascend Mount Kilimanjaro last year. That’s about 7,000 more than the previous year, which was around 25,000 climbers. Out of all those people, 993 had to be rescued from the mountain. It’s about 3 percent of all people going up the mountain which is relatively low.
How the park authorities define “rescue” is unclear, but it means the climbers probably suffered altitude …
Date: April 11th, 2006 |
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Keep Walking - Stella Point
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 few hours goes by, and you think you are almost to the summit, and you hear that it’s just an hour away. When you finally reach the top, you are relived. We made it! But wait - not exactly.
Stella Point, although on top of Mt. …
Date: March 23rd, 2006 |
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Update on Kilimanjaro Porter Death
Here are more details on the recent death of a porter on Kilimanjaro.
It appears that the porter was sick with a very bad cough, and he was vomiting blood at some point. Unfortunately, he stayed on the mountain for at least another 24 hours before being sent to a lower elevation. He had to carry a bag when he descended and had poor clothing for the rainy weather. He died while being transported on the cart down the mountain on the Marangu Route.
This is another sad day for a climbing industry that make millions and millions of …
Date: October 17th, 2006 |
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Rising Cost of Safaris
Anybody notice how the once coveted “affordable” safaris in Tanzania has now becoming downright expensive for the average person.
On July 2006, the camping and entrance fees to all Tanzania National Parks was raised for Lake Manyara and Tarangire National Park as well the Arusha National Park. It was $20 camp fee, now is $30. On Mount Kilimanjaro was $40, now is $50 and entrance fees for those park was $25 now is $35.
This January 2007, they again raised the entrance fees for Serengetti and Kilimanjaro and Ngorongoro Crater fee from $25 …
Date: October 5th, 2006 |
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Could I die in Africa?
Many trekkers fear that climbing a high mountain, like Mt. Kilimanjaro or Mt. Kenya, that you a big chance of getting killed. The same thing is true for safariers going out into the Serengetti. They are always a bit worried of being mauled by a mother lion while sleeping at night. They are both valid concerns, especially for novices visiting Africa for the first time.
To be honest, sure there are a few people killed every year in these instances, but there are car accidents and people getting struck by lightening too in your hometown too. The chances of you coming …
Date: June 12th, 2006 |
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Can They Make Kilimanjaro Safer?
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 they can really make the mountain any safer. Sure - beef up the equipment, work on the trails, but you have thousands of people climbing it every month - something …
Date: March 24th, 2006 |
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Western Breach Still Closed
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 the Western Breach, through Arrow Glacier Camp, are now going up the Machame Route. You could also climb the Marangu or Rongai route to make it to the …
Date: March 22nd, 2006 |
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