Kilimanjaro Climb - Full Machame Route

[psvenssonfly]

nice clips..... it gave me a great overview.

[adepsa]

that's great! Hope i do it one day.

[aboesimbel]

OMG... i was on the summit in pitch black... Spent only 15 min there before going back down, wind blowing 6 bft, and -22 celcius. YUK! Wish i saw the top in the nice sunshine like u did... well, have to do it again then...:-)) nice vid!

[peterkframe]

look at the views 19343 thats almost 19340 cool

[ahdon5165]

Kilimajaro is ok for beginners as long as you are not suffering from AMS... I went in 2004 and dying to go back since... lovely experience.... Outta the world....

[havok2002]

That American at the end who orders him to "TRANSLATE!" would have bugged me. Glad I wasn't there.

[mahadragon]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. I plan to summit some day, perhaps next year. Maybe I'll go with IMG, however descending to Mweka Campu @11,000 ft is extremely arduous. Other expeditions like Alaska stop at 12,000 ft to give you some time to recover.

[Enforcer122]

Hiya,

i want to climb Kilimanjaro but the only major thing i'm personally worried about is if there's any physical virtical rock climbing in it?.

Could anyone tell me, will be much appreciated :D

[mahadragon]

From my research (and this video) there's a little bit of rock climbing involved, but you don't have to be an expert. It's mostly strenuous hiking. There's lots of people to help you out, like the expedition guide and the porters too. And other travelers in the party might be able to help out as well. I think the most important thing is to be in good physical shape.

[NigNaCK]

Not much rock climbing, kilimanjaro is pretty much the worlds highest walkable mountain.

[Jude1955]

Looked like a pretty wimpy hike to me.  Portapotties?

[muslimah185]

wow, i feel like iv been with you after watching this. thanks, hope u enjoyed it.

[balkina]

5 strars. :)

[mopenpick]

I gave you 5 stars for all the effort but dude you gotta learn to pan your camera sloooower....

[DeafBoo]

Wow... thanks for posting that. I plan to do the same trek for the ndcs - national deaf children - in august 09. Can you give me any advice as training goes? Pretty fit and able to walk lots already!determined and a plodder. Questions: what's the weather like?where do you go to the loo?(seriously!); how about sleeping?how do you get down again?did you enjoy it? would you do it again? Any advice on feet/boots? PlEASE reply!! thanks, Boo x

[02curls]

I summited Aug. 15 via Machame route. Slept in tents provided by trekking company. Brought our own sleeping bags and pads. The company we went with provided portapotties but if not there are outhouses at each camp site (learn to mouth breath! and bring your own toilet paper!) It was cold at night (around 2-5C), daytime ranged from cool to warm depending on altitude and sun. Wore my fleece jacket every day at one point. We all wore hiking boots and gaiters the whole trip.

[ohsoemma]

Im climbing kili as part of World Challenge.

Any tips about preperation.

How much fitness did you do before hand??

[soccergirl4324]

i really want to hike kili but i dont know whetre to start in terms of a giude and all those things any help?

[rperissi]

We climbed Kili with International Mountain Guides and are glad we did. World renowned guiding company and first class operation.

[KAMERBURO]

@rperissi how much to u pay for the fun?

[darrah35]

NICE! i'm so jealous of your beautiful weather. i went with IMG Dec '06 and it rained and rained and snowed. :)

[rperissi]

That's cool in a way too. It almost seemed "too easy" for us! :) Would have been cooler to tell everyone back home how we survived the elements!

[drew2pac]

@darrah35 dude did the wather get okay once above the cloudline?

[climber1968]

Good vid guys. You should also check out wheresmybeanie - they've done a great vid of their Machame climb too.

[skiitswitch]

Nice job putting it all together Rob! Thanks!