Everything is now booked for my Kilimanjaro climb in September. I chose a UK company called AbsoluteKilimanjaro as I am more comfortable with transferring my money to a UK based company. The route I am doing is the Lemosho route (illustrated below). I will doing the route in 8 days, which should afford me a chance to acclimatise and allow me to enjoy the climb more. The original route I wanted to do (the Umbwe route) goes straight up the side of the mountain and joins at someone around point 7 on the illustration. That doesn't really give you much chance to acclimatise and so the chances of summiting are rather low.
I am really looking forward to the climb and although it is not technically difficult I am sure it will be a challenge to hike above 5,000m. At the moment it is just me doing the climb (private trek), but it is possible that a couple of others may join me. If anyone reading this is interested in joining and your fitness is of a similar level to mine then I would be pleased to hear from you. I will be arriving at Kilimanjaro airport on the 8th September and will be taking the Moshi-Nairobi shuttle and flying from Nairobi airport back to Zurich on the 17th September.
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