What you should prepare for Kilimanjaro Climbing
// January 19th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Sport Vacations
Ready to climb up Kilimanjaro and enjoy your experience on the mountain it is worth making the effort to prepare yourself to a reasonable level of fitness. No amount of preparation will make it a certainty that you will make it to the top, but you will have a better chance and find the climb more rewarding if you are physically prepared.
Kilimanjaro isn’t a technical climb – you don’t need to learn to use ropes or to rock climb.
You don’t have to have a six-pac or perfect figure to climb Kilimanjaro in fact a few pounds of extra insulation helps with the extreme cold and energy demand placed upon the body whilst on the mountain. (more…)