Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa is one of the world’s most challenging mountains to climb. Some consider it a worthy challenge and a praiseworthy accomplishment. Even if you have climbed other famous mountains, you still need training for Kilimanjaro. There’s a lot more danger in attempting this particular climb, and it isn’t just the very treacherous trails up the mountainside.
Train to Climb, Train to Fall
If you have climbed before, then you are fully aware that even the most strategic and best laid climbing plans can go awry. If you haven’t climbed before, you can’t climb Kilimanjaro without training. You need to know how to climb one or more of its faces and you need to know how to fall and catch yourself to avoid serious or fatal injury.
First Aid and Lifesaving Skills
Training for Kilimanjaro includes learning first aid and lifesaving skills on a mountain with no emergency help for miles. Everyone doing a climb climbs as a group and as a team effort. If someone is hurt, everyone has to help. Climbing, equipment, safety, lifesaving skills, poisonous plants, venomous and dangerous animals, and more is taught in these pre-climb, pre-vacation classes.
The classes are fun, interesting, and exciting. Usually taught by experienced climbers who have climbed Kilimanjaro several times themselves, you hear their climbing stories as you learn these skills. When you are ready to begin your adventure and prepare for your exciting climbing vacation, contact Climb Kili.
