Kilimanjaro - Slowly Slowly

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December 29th 2009

Published: January 18th 2010

Christmas over and Kilimanjaro climb done too. What an adventure! To give a snapshot. We climbed the Lemosho route which take 8 days and takes in rainforest, moonscape type terrain and steep steep climbs. This was all done “pole pole,” Swahili for slowly slowly which was necessary to deal with acclimatising to the altitude of 5,958m. It was also known as the wilderness route as not so many ... Read Full Entry

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JAMESnRACHEL

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