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brade - Mar 4, 2007 9:14 pm - Voted 10/10
great oneI like it very much :)
sgica - Mar 5, 2007 3:13 am - Hasn't voted
Accurate postI did the same route with Zara in July 2000 and you descibe it accurately. (My partner made the summit while I stumbled into Barafu with the same altitude symptoms that you suffered. She took diamox while took nothing: lesson learned.) I can only say that our guide, Samuel, was more helpful and that we had better food on our trip. We then spent 4 days in seeing the countryside. Congrats on a good trip-summit or no summit.
eza - Jul 17, 2009 10:40 am - Voted 7/10
Re: Accurate postWell, we were a two-persons group and both of us made it to the summit without diamox. And we chose the Marangu route, which is said to make for a harder acclimatization than the Machame route... I'd say diamox is not really necessary, it's more important to walk really slowly (yeah, I know, pole-pole...) and probably to make some high climbs before attempting Kili. In the 30 days before our african holidays we had summited 3 three-thousanders in the Pyrenees and when we got to Tanzania we started by climbing Meru, not going straight ahead for the big one... Just my experience, I know, but I thought it might be useful
Nigel Lewis - Mar 10, 2007 3:53 pm - Voted 5/10
Giving it straight!Hey Badger, interesting enough read, but where are all the piccies?
That's a big block of text for an internet site.
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eza - Jul 17, 2009 10:41 am - Voted 7/10
Re: Giving it straight!Agreed: Badger, you've got here a really nice Trip Report but it could look much better if you edit it and include some pictures.
WalksWithBlackflies - Mar 21, 2007 11:55 am - Voted 10/10
Bill Bryson......is that you? You have a very similar writing style that I enjoyed very much. Good read.
marymary - Apr 22, 2007 10:55 am - Voted 7/10
It all came back to meWhat a great post! I really like how detailed your writing is. I did the same route in October 2006 with Daniel and Winga and my experience of them was very different. I thought Daniel was amazing and really made the trip for me. It was really great to read your experience and see how different it was form mine. Thanks!
piccinin - Apr 22, 2010 8:20 am - Hasn't voted
Loved it!Great post, loved reading every bit of it and very informative and helpful.
piccinin - Apr 22, 2010 8:20 am - Hasn't voted
Loved it!Great post, loved reading every bit of it and very informative and helpful.
chrisagirling@gmail.com - Jan 28, 2019 4:58 am - Hasn't voted
That was a trip!Loved it