Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:16 pm
Acclimating is key, especially when you live in a flat land like Belgium!! I'm sure you'll do fine on Kili. It's really just a walk up. A friend of mine did it and thought it was pretty easy.
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MICHAELDAVIES007 wrote:Hey Wouter, so glad you made it, plus you make it sound like an easy trip. Why do you think you acclimatized so well on this tour, was it the pace and rest altitudes??
We summited with Pilgrim on 20/8/10, after approx 8 hours from the bottom of Pastukhova Rocks, around 4400m I think, also we used the snowcat. Perfect weather - zero clouds OR wind for ascent and descent, but I felt the altitude hard from the saddle and the ataxia lasted all the way to the summit and back down to 4500m.
Thanks again for all your advice prior to my trip – it was all spot on and well appreciated.
waXology wrote:Congrats Wouter. I didn't even realise that was you when we spoke at the hotel.
WouterB wrote:Michael, are you talking about Sergei Baranov? Sounds like him. He's a friend of one of my friends in Belgium. I was supposed to meet him on the mountain, but unfortunately, it didn't happen. I already heard he's a great guy, so it would be cool to know if it's him.
I was in the process of making up my acclimatisation schedule for Kili, but unfortunately, things at work have kind of gotten in the way. On the bright side, they want me to permanently move to Switzerland... . Only a lot, LOT sooner than I was expecting, so... .
waXology wrote:MICHAELDAVIES007 wrote:Hey Wouter, so glad you made it, plus you make it sound like an easy trip. Why do you think you acclimatized so well on this tour, was it the pace and rest altitudes??
We summited with Pilgrim on 20/8/10, after approx 8 hours from the bottom of Pastukhova Rocks, around 4400m I think, also we used the snowcat. Perfect weather - zero clouds OR wind for ascent and descent, but I felt the altitude hard from the saddle and the ataxia lasted all the way to the summit and back down to 4500m.
Thanks again for all your advice prior to my trip – it was all spot on and well appreciated.
Was Vlad your guide?
"Ok friends" haha
Congrats Wouter. I didn't even realise that was you when we spoke at the hotel.
For those interested my pics are here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... ac8b0d671e
and a video here i threw together quickly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAyQ45na-TM&hd=1
Cheers!
WouterB wrote:All 2010 images are finally online:
http://picasaweb.google.com/WBertels/Elbrus2010
waXology wrote:MICHAELDAVIES007 wrote:Hey Wouter, so glad you made it, plus you make it sound like an easy trip. Why do you think you acclimatized so well on this tour, was it the pace and rest altitudes??
We summited with Pilgrim on 20/8/10, after approx 8 hours from the bottom of Pastukhova Rocks, around 4400m I think, also we used the snowcat. Perfect weather - zero clouds OR wind for ascent and descent, but I felt the altitude hard from the saddle and the ataxia lasted all the way to the summit and back down to 4500m.
Thanks again for all your advice prior to my trip – it was all spot on and well appreciated.
Was Vlad your guide?
"Ok friends" haha
Congrats Wouter. I didn't even realise that was you when we spoke at the hotel.
For those interested my pics are here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... ac8b0d671e
and a video here i threw together quickly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAyQ45na-TM&hd=1
Cheers!
WouterB wrote:Learned a lot since last year. No problems this far, except for our luggage getting lost. But unlike Benjamin we got it back after 1 day.
benjaminwu wrote:WouterB wrote:Learned a lot since last year. No problems this far, except for our luggage getting lost. But unlike Benjamin we got it back after 1 day.
hahaha, went the full 11 days without luggage. then spent 4 hours in russian customs at the moscow airport with guys yelling at me in russian to fill out russian forms which i clearly could not read. then tried to ship my equipment home (i was still travelling and didn't want to lug all the winter gear around asia in 40 degree weather) at which point fedex/ups russia told me they won't ship "used clothing". dhl wanted $600 to ship my 10kg bag. so i ended up carrying it all the way to beijing and shipping it back to canada for $80 via China post. amazing, what an adventure