Килиманджаро - Лемоше (7 дней)

We went as part of a group from https://gekkon.club/.

I had been eyeing this climb for a long time, and when all the circumstances came together, I decided to do it. The Lemosho 7 days route was chosen. Good acclimatization, beautiful views, fewer people.
You cannot climb on your own. You need to be accompanied by local accredited guides + pay for all national permits. parks The set also includes porters that carry things + everything else. For each climber there were ~3 people from the support team (porters, guides, cook, etc.). And we also had a Russian-speaking guide, who controlled how everyone else worked and helped us a lot with everyone else.

Technically the route is simple (just tracking). The main difficulty is the height. And the most difficult thing, of course, is storming the summit. Read more about this. We left at 0:00. I didn’t manage to sleep the night before and I didn’t feel good about climbing in the dark with a flashlight. But the songs of the guides helped - there was a whole crowd coming from the assault camp. It turned out that there was one guide for each person. If someone decided to turn back, then no problem. When dawn came, my energy increased. That's how everyone reached the top. But the descent was certainly long. First we had to return to the assault camp, eat and rest there. And then further descend to 3000. It was the hardest day. Many had pain in their knees or their nails turned blue.

Video from the hike: TO BE LATER

[[[Team]]]
There were 6 of us climbers. All of about the same temperament. In general, everyone felt comfortable. Five people reached the summit. One of them had been hit hard by the mountain the day before, and he decided not to even try to go.

[[[Comparison with Elbrus]]]
Kilimanjaro was a little easier for me. Not to say that everything was simple. And it doesn’t happen just once. But technically it was clearly simpler: warmer, no need for crampons, ice axes and other things.

[[[Connection]]]
A local SIM card was purchased, but it did not catch everywhere. But other people had something different and everything worked. They also say that Wi-Fi is expensive in the camps, but no one used it here.

[[[Weather]]]
The weather has been changing lately and the dry/wet season doesn't always work. But we were lucky: it only rained once.

[[[Safari]]]
After the climb, I recommend going on a safari. If you happen to be in these parts, then you definitely need to. Everything is like on TV about animals.

[[[How to get there]]]
I traveled on three flights. The travel time is about a day. That's another test.
Advice: I recommend at least arriving a day earlier and leaving a day later. This is to recover from a long flight and have time to rent the missing equipment and then get yourself in order.