Kilimanjaro (Uhuru Peak)
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- Distance
- 37.55 mi
- Elevation gain
- 15,614 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Very difficult
- Elevation loss
- 17,690 ft
- Max elevation
- 19,199 ft
- TrailRank
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64
5
- Min elevation
- 5,318 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 406
- Uploaded
- December 12, 2013
near Ol Molog, Arusha (Tanzania)
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The route chosen was the “Lemosho Route”, 8 days and 7 nights (October 9-16, 2013), departing from Moshi, Tanzania. This route is 71 km, forty-nine to the top and twenty-two down. It is a traditional route but little used, the first three days are relatively flat and tropical Africa is known and also quite lonely apart from our group we did not see other people.
From the third day the trees disappear and you enter an area of paramo already of lower temperature but with spectacular views of Kilimanjaro. Other walkers also appear here as Lemosho joins the other most desirable routes such as Machame and Umbewe.
On the fourth day the demand begins as it goes up to the Lava Tower at 4,630 m and then camp at Camp Barranco at 3,976m. Hence two more days until Camp Barafu 4,673 m. Barafu is the last camp before the ascent.
Here a parenthesis. The entire journey to Barafu should be taken as an acclimatization exercise. If you want to succeed it is very important to acclimatize well. Then you do not have to worry about distances but to have an adequate rhythm and time that allows the body to acclimatize well. That is why the Lemosho route is very advisable since it is one of the longest and has a chance of success of 80% against 55% which is the average success of all those who try to climb Kili.
The above is very important because "altitude sickness" or "mountain sickness" is very unpleasant and dangerous and if it hits you there, you have to go down and goodbye to the top.
The day of the ascent you have to wake up at 11 PM to start climbing at 12 is a five-kilometer journey but 1,222 m of the 4,673 m of the camp is climbed up to 5,985 of the summit at Uhuru Peak. This is when we realize if we are well acclimatized, from our group of seven, three women and four men we all managed to climb up to Stella Point 5,756 one of the three “peaks”, but two had to get down affected by the height and five we continued the 1.2 additional km to the highest point Uhuru Peak.
The sunrise, the glaciers and the view from the top is impressive and like everyone who likes mountaineering the satisfaction of having achieved it is inexplicable.
Once the photo of rigor has been taken, we must begin to go down because we are separated by 12 km along the Mweka descent route to the next camp and the next day 10 km to the exit of the park.
PS: None of this would have been possible if it were not for the help of the eighteen porters, a cook and a guide who accompanied us. Gratitude to them.
From the third day the trees disappear and you enter an area of paramo already of lower temperature but with spectacular views of Kilimanjaro. Other walkers also appear here as Lemosho joins the other most desirable routes such as Machame and Umbewe.
On the fourth day the demand begins as it goes up to the Lava Tower at 4,630 m and then camp at Camp Barranco at 3,976m. Hence two more days until Camp Barafu 4,673 m. Barafu is the last camp before the ascent.
Here a parenthesis. The entire journey to Barafu should be taken as an acclimatization exercise. If you want to succeed it is very important to acclimatize well. Then you do not have to worry about distances but to have an adequate rhythm and time that allows the body to acclimatize well. That is why the Lemosho route is very advisable since it is one of the longest and has a chance of success of 80% against 55% which is the average success of all those who try to climb Kili.
The above is very important because "altitude sickness" or "mountain sickness" is very unpleasant and dangerous and if it hits you there, you have to go down and goodbye to the top.
The day of the ascent you have to wake up at 11 PM to start climbing at 12 is a five-kilometer journey but 1,222 m of the 4,673 m of the camp is climbed up to 5,985 of the summit at Uhuru Peak. This is when we realize if we are well acclimatized, from our group of seven, three women and four men we all managed to climb up to Stella Point 5,756 one of the three “peaks”, but two had to get down affected by the height and five we continued the 1.2 additional km to the highest point Uhuru Peak.
The sunrise, the glaciers and the view from the top is impressive and like everyone who likes mountaineering the satisfaction of having achieved it is inexplicable.
Once the photo of rigor has been taken, we must begin to go down because we are separated by 12 km along the Mweka descent route to the next camp and the next day 10 km to the exit of the park.
PS: None of this would have been possible if it were not for the help of the eighteen porters, a cook and a guide who accompanied us. Gratitude to them.
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Impresionante!
Como le fue con la aclimatación. Vas a subir alguna "reseña" del viaje?
Eso Richmond.
Si voy a subir una reseña, no la he puesto porque me lleve mucho tiempo como 6 horas montando las fotos y la ruta, el sistema de subir fotos es medio lento. La ruta la subí a mano porque no lleve el GPS, no queria andar chineando baterias por tanto tiempo y el etrex 20 es bastante gaston.
Sin embargo la ruta subida es muy exacta y aparece en los mapas satelitales de Wikiloc asi es que lo que hice fue repasarla. Todas las rutas de Kili son establecidas no hay pierde.
Mikefe: te felicito por el ascenso. Me siento orgulloso de tu logro. Entiendo la sensacion de lograr la meta: no lo paga ni VISA!!!!!!!.
Moriremos haciendo lo que nos gusta !!!! (No en el intento)
Un abrazo, OSVANO
Buena Mike! Falta Gigio https://es.wikiloc.com/rutas-outdoor/kilimanjaro-uhuru-peak-5772977#wp-5772978/photo-3088795
Chakula! https://es.wikiloc.com/rutas-outdoor/kilimanjaro-uhuru-peak-5772977#wp-5772989/photo-3088779
esa foto es de Stella Point https://es.wikiloc.com/rutas-outdoor/kilimanjaro-uhuru-peak-5772977#wp-5772978/photo-3088795
Que tal el frio? yo subo en septiembre...
A mi me toco bastante frio, los últimos dos días, siempre bajo cero, camino a la cima el agua de tomar se congela.
Es impredecible, lleve buen equipo y vaya preparado.
Saludos y que tenga éxito.
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