This climb was the most amazing experience of my life. summiting such a massive peak puts life into perspective.This was the hardest thing I have ever done now that I am back all that I want to do is attempt a higher peak!!!!!!!!!!!

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the last view of the mountain from behind my shoulder…
Photo by Adam Majchrzak. Kili – on the way down

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Unfortunately I haven’t even had a chance to thank you all for being so supportive and wishing us well. As you could tell from Lee’s post, WE MADE IT TO THE TOP OF KILIMANJARO!!! What an amazing experience. I can go on and on….but before all that I want say- Thank you! … for goading me on (I could have died, you freaks!!!).br /br /Thank you also for all those who donated to a href=”http://ewb-pitt.org/news/2007/11/16/climb-for-a-cause/”my cause/a. I raised $3,500 from this fundraiser! It will all go towards constructing a fish farm in Mali. I am exhilirated!br /br /It has been a month since I am back, but I can’t stop thinking about Tanzania. Someone take me back….just one more time. So unfortunately for some, I will attempt at recreating all the good times (as and when time permits). The bad times will be exaggerated so that some of you don’t jump up and say, ’Hmmm. I could have done that too!’ Even Edmund Hillary didn’t climb Kilimanjaro.br /br /a href=”http://alpha-2.blogspot.com/search/label/Kilimanjaro”Read about our journey to the top/adiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1701179119688343201-3277286186912780138?l=topofafrica.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

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Over 20,000 people go trekking on Mount Kilimanjaro every year, only half of them reach the summit. Everybody says you need no experience to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, but…

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Recommendable trekk despite the people! It is a crowded mountain where you can find the most freky people and the first mountain for many of them (with the consequent frustration when they "taste" the for first time).

I don't know if there's a route where you find few people, but even in the Machame (all the route with tents) is crowded!

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Madelon & Jan Dekker pieken op 24 januari 2009
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My first mountain from the dream 7 summits of the world.

Used the Machame route hoping that it'd be less crowded but that's not possible on Kili. Even met some fellow Polish climbers from my old country

From original 6-nights trip we cut one day off as my guide felt that i'm strong enough and when on the arrival at the final base camp (where most people get some rest before summit climb during the night) we decided to carry on to the top.

It took us around 4 hours up and less than 2 hours down. I felt rather weak (small headache and occasional shortness of breath) at the end so not sure if such a pace was a right decision. I'd rather recommend the usual pole pole (slow slow in Swahili) approach. On the other hand we avoided a cold (and boring I assume) night scramble – instead we had a nice sunny weather and brilliant all the way up.

Highly recommended experience and a small tip – don't book like me from London – the price I could get in Tanzania was 400$ less for exactly the same service.

Good luck and see ya folks in February on Acocangua – my next challenge!

Adam Majchrzak

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There is great romance in planning and setting off to climb this great mountain. Less romantic are some of the fundamental human functions that need to be taken care of in a natural environment through which thousands of sundry people tramp annually. For each person who signs up for a commercial climb at least three [...]

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January 2009
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The current buzz in Kilimanjaro is the imminent closure of Crater Camp. I discovered this on my most recent trip when a few mates and I summited via the Western Breach and spent a long and ugly night at Crater Camp. Crater Camp is touted as the last word in isolation on the slightly over-trammeled [...]

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