Kilimanjaro Climb
Nov 26th, 2008 by Tom
Back in 1991, on one of my home-leave trips back to the States from Madagascar, I stopped off in Tanzania to rendezvous with 2 friends to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro.
It was an unbelievable climb and all three of us made it (about half don’t due to altitude sickness). I’ve converted the old video I took of the climb and uploaded them.
The first video is of the last 4000 feet to the summit. On the eve of the accent, one tries to sleep from 3PM – midnight at around 15000 feet. Then at midnight you climb up the loose volcanic scree and get to Gilman’s point on the east side of the crater rim for a magnificent sunrise. From Gilman’s point it is another 2 hours around the rim to Uhuru peak, the top of Africa at 19340 feet.
The second video is of the whole climb, starting in Arusha and Moshi then entering the national park on the Marangu route. The video is 45 minutes long and gives you an idea of the type of climb we faced. One starts at around 5000 feet and makes their way up to the top in 4 days, going through 4 unique climate zones: rainforest, tundra, high desert then glacial ice cap. Each climate zone had its own beauty. Combined with great friends, Charlie Whelan and John Davison, it was an experience of a lifetime.
I really like your post. Does it copyright protected?
I have been looking looking around for this kind of information. Will you post some more in future? I’ll be grateful if you will.
The video is not copy protected. It is something I took and edited personally.
I do not plan to post anymore Kilimanjaro videos.