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Kilimanjaro lemosho route

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  • 16-06-2018 8:39pm
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    thetimeisnow
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    Hey, Im considering climbing kilimanjaro and doing the 8 day lemosho route with Ian Taylor treking . I heard this route and the 8 days gives the best chance of success. Would appreciate any advice specificall on fitness prep , thanks


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    woody1
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    i went up kilimanjaro about 15 years ago on the machame route i think .. we were in tents, and it was really good, well worth doing.

    the more days you are on it the better so if its 8 days thats good, more acclimatisation.. i think we were 5 days , with one of them having a bit of descent down to a camp to allow for a bit of rest and getting used to altitude..

    physically it wasnt the toughest thing i ever did, just a lot of walking, certainly no harder than a long day out in the hills in ireland, actually probably easier, so if you are fit from hillwalking youl be grand, all i can reccomend is to do a few really long hillwalks to get used to being on your feet for a long time..

    how each individual reacts to altitude is the thing you cant account for, 5 of us started, i was the only one that got to the top, the other 4 suffered from various degrees of altitude sickness and didnt make it.. i didnt have any problems with it but its not that i was fitter, just luck ..

    the 8 days will really help with the altitude though


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