Kilimanjaro Climber's Log

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cdickinson - Sep 18, 2012 12:32 am Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2012

Cold but a great experience  Sucess!

Marango route with REI. Well organized and 11 of 13 made it to Uhuru Peak. Good climb, but cloudy, 10 degrees and wind at top.

jjfromnj

jjfromnj - Aug 28, 2012 9:19 pm Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2008

First Seven Summit!  Sucess!

Did the 7 day Machame route. Also went out with our guides in Moshi afterwards to celebrate our summit and had an amazing time.

Cissa

Cissa - Aug 23, 2012 12:31 pm Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2012

Machame  Sucess!

Went up the Machame route in 6 days/5 nights. Kilimanjaro is NOT easy! Previous days to the summit are quite doable, even though I went from Barranco to Barafu in one day, but the summit day was grueling, and we didnĀ“t even have it windy or really cold (-10 the most).

bcrowell2 - Jun 30, 2012 8:15 am Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2012

Machame route  Sucess!

Lots of fun, although not as scenic as Mt. Kenya.

iemmi

iemmi - Jun 26, 2012 5:18 pm Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2011

great view  Sucess!

We are a group of friends of 12. 100% success rate. Machame route

waribana

waribana - May 23, 2012 5:18 am

Machame route  Sucess!

Started off for Western Breach route, but change of plans due to inadequate camping gear. Summited exactly at sunrise. Good views but very cold.

flow

flow - Feb 13, 2012 9:51 am Date Climbed: Feb 5, 2012

Kilimanjaro, 5.895m  Sucess!

Rongai Route.
5.38h at Gilmans Point, 7.05 at the Summit.
Extremly windy - freezing cold ! ! !

xchallenging

xchallenging - Feb 12, 2012 10:42 pm Date Climbed: Jan 2, 2012

Machame Route  Sucess!

It was not easy, but it was the most beautiful place I've yet seen, worth every effort.

IvanBraunDK

IvanBraunDK - Jan 15, 2012 5:15 pm Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2011

5 day Macheme Route  Sucess!

Made a great trip to Uhuru Peak
Felt strong and pushed the 6 day planned trip down to 5 days

AdamTurner

AdamTurner - Jan 13, 2012 5:56 pm Date Climbed: Sep 23, 2011

Up the Rongai - down the Marangu!  Sucess!

Such an amazing trek and such a beautiful mountain. Would love to go back again some time!

Enkidu

Enkidu - Jan 10, 2012 2:49 am Date Climbed: Mar 13, 2011

Western Breach  Sucess!

Did the Western Breach via Machame and Arrow Glacier. Camped in the crater and explored the Ash Pit and Furtwangler glacier. Had perfect weather except for ascent of the breach. Lots of wind, snow and cold on that day. Watched the sunrise on the summit. Altogether one the best treks I have ever taken

Tonka

Tonka - Jan 4, 2012 2:48 pm Date Climbed: Dec 25, 2011

Christmas present  Sucess!

Did the 7 day Machame route which gives plenty of time to acclimate. We were beating our porters to camp at times and we were on the summit by 5:30 a.m., it was way too cold and windy to try and wait for sunrise. Also my flash was frozen so I have no summit pics which is sorta sad. We went through the Marangu Hotel on a private climb which was really nice becuase we could move at our own pace. I highly reccomend spending the money on a bathroom tent, it was well worth the $140 and an extra porter.

sederman

sederman - Dec 4, 2011 12:45 am Date Climbed: Dec 30, 2009

Rain Snow and Sun in one day!!!  Sucess!

Such an amazing hike. Many thanks to Tusker Trails. We took the Lemosho Route. Great feeling to reach the top of Africa with my dad and new friends.

hamishsummers

hamishsummers - Nov 29, 2011 9:21 am Date Climbed: May 15, 2008

Rongai Route  Sucess!

Great trip. Did the 7 day option. Summit day hard. On way down guide persuaded us to carry on to lower camp than normal (saying it wasn't far!). It was blinking miles - we did 42km in all on summit day! and my left knee has never been the same since. Perfect weather on summit day - awesome

Rafal

Rafal - Nov 11, 2011 4:12 am Date Climbed: Oct 17, 2008

Honeymoon ;)  Sucess!

One of the most enjoyable trek I've ever done so far :)

utahjimk

utahjimk - Nov 9, 2011 4:51 pm Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2002

pole pole  Sucess!

Marangu route, good weather, ill on descent (something I ate!)

ibekker

ibekker - Nov 3, 2011 10:21 am

nice trip  Sucess!

nice trip but the weather sucked.. didnt see anything from the summit.

Sarah Simon

Sarah Simon - Nov 1, 2011 8:11 pm Date Climbed: Oct 24, 2011

Lemosho Route  Sucess!

From monkeys and biting ants in the jungle, through diverse scenery between and every camp to the unearthly scenes above Barafu, Lemosho Route delivers hour after hour. The acclimitization afforded bby this route enabled daily singimg and dancing. Perfect summit day weather AND, we left Barafu to summit at 06:00, not in the middle of the night. Topped off with safari to Lake Manyara, Serengeti and NN Crater. Went with Kilimanjaro Brothers, the happiest bunch of dancing and singing staff on the mountain.

cdreizen

cdreizen - Oct 16, 2011 1:47 pm

Marangu  Sucess!

February of 2011 with a dozen other people from my venture crew- took an extra day at Horombo to acclimatize and hiked to zebra rocks (definitely recommend an extra day for it alone). Great conditions, the receding glaciers were a sad sight. Wish I would have known there were so many rocks to boulder though!

tomshaw

tomshaw - Sep 28, 2011 11:23 am Date Climbed: Sep 22, 2011

Lemosho route   Sucess!

Walked in thru. jungle on Lemosho route starting walking on 16/09/11 after registration at Londrossi Gate, Camp 1 Mkubwa 2750m next day trek over the Shira ridge to camp 2 (Shira 1)3550m. Day 3 climb Shira Cathedraw peak 3750m to aid acclimatisation then trek to camp 3 Shira at 3840m. Day 4 ascend to Lava Tower 4600m below arrow glacier route, but decend to camp 4 Barranco at 3900m. Following day, day 5 ascend Barranco wall (great scramble) then easy walk to camp 5 Karanga 4000m. Day 6 medium walk to base camp prior to summit attempt camp 6 at Barafu 4600m. From here start summit attempt (day 7) at 0005 hours to Stella point for sunrise at 0600 hours 5735m then finally along crater rim reaching Kibo (Uhura peak)summit at 0710 hours. 5895m magnificent! Descend after 20 mins on summit, to camp 7 Millenium camp 3800m after first stopping at barafu camp for about an hour for brew and recovery time-Long day!! Final day (8) decend from millenium camp to Mweka Gate at 1650m and book out of national park. Brilliant Route well reccommended expedition.

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