Articles tagged ‘Kilimanjaro Gear’
Best Method for Packing on Kilimanjaro
By Donovan | March 7th, 2006 |
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If you want a good way to keep your clothes clean and dry on Kilimanjaro or on any mountain, seperating the dirty clothes from the fresh clothes, you should use plastic bags. Small, sealable plastic bags - one for each piece of clothes - help in a number of ways. First, it keeps them dry.
Warm Hands 101
By Donovan | February 23rd, 2006 | 1 Comment »
This is a post from Chuck Beauzay on how to keep your hands warm.
Hiking up Kilimanjaro can be cold. It can be windy. It can be cold and windy. You have a lot to worry about during your trek, so it’s always nice to try and eliminate as much of that worry [...]
Duffel Bag Liner - Gear on Kilimanjaro
By Donovan | February 19th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Just like your day pack, you can use plastic bags to line the inside of your duffel bag. Even if you have a waterproof duffel bag, you should create another waterproof lining to help combat the rain and elements.
Day Pack Liner - Gear on Kilimanjaro
By Donovan | February 17th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
You should always have a day pack on Kilimanjaro. With your day pack, you can carry extra clothing, food, water, first aid kit and any other bare necessities. If your day pack is not waterproof, or you don’t have a rain shell for it, then you can take a plastic garbage bag and line the [...]
Water on Kilimanjaro
By Donovan | February 15th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
This picture is an example of how to fill up your nalgene bottle, canteen, or camelback on Mount Kilimanjaro. Usually one of the porters will pack up fresh mountain water in a bucket. You can use your water pump, which you should bring, to clean the water even more. Then, to be extra safe, drop [...]
Drink Packets
By Donovan | February 14th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
As I stated in my two articles, “Taking a Whiz,” and “Pee, Pee and More Pee,” you will drink loads of water on Kilimanjaro, probably more than you have ever had in your life.
After a while, drinking loads of water becomes kind of old. You feel like you need some new refreshing taste - anything [...]
Compression Sacks for Mount Kilimanjaro
By Donovan | February 12th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
When you are climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, you should have one waterproof duffel bag to pack all your gear (this is not including your day pack). Since mountaineering generally requires many different types of clothes and equipment, you probably will have too much gear, clothes, food and extra things to bring. It always happens.
How do [...]
Good Tents - Make Sure You Have Them
By Donovan | February 7th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
How can you tell a good mountaineering company from a bad one? Ask the company about their tents and request to see them if possible. While climbing on Mt. Kilimanjaro, you should have good four-season waterproof tents, with a good rain fly and hopefully a nice vestibule to store your dirty boots and bag.
If [...]
Renting Gear for Climbing Kilimanjaro
By Donovan | December 2nd, 2005 | 2 Comments »
A number of travelers - usually backpackers - show up in Tanzania, thinking they can purchase trekking gear for climbing on the mountain. Unlike Nepal, where you can purchase jackets, hats, gloves, boots, and thermal underwear, Tanzania isn’t a mountain community and therefore doesn’t have gear readily available. Much of Tanzania is very hot [...]
Oxygen on Kilimanjaro
By Donovan | November 29th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
Most companies DO NOT carry any form of oxygen on Kilimanjaro. You will occasionally see some high-end foreign companies - those that charge $5,000 per person - bring up oxygen for their rich clients that pay HUGE money to climb the mountain. Out of the 25,000 people that climb Kilimanjaro every year, only a small [...]
