CAN ABOVE 60S BE ABLE TO CLIMB KILIMANJARO
The short answer to the question: Can above 60s climb Mount Kilimanjaro? is obviously yes.
For the average person though, being able to successfully climb and summit Kilimanjaro is definitely attainable. You don’t need to be particularly fit (indeed being too fit can be detrimental) and you do not need any technical climbing skills.
Children over the age of 10 can legally have a go, as can older generations in their 60s and 70s!
All you need is determination and the will to get to the summit.
The real challenge with climbing Kilimanjaro is the altitude and the rate of ascent.
Standing at 5,895 meters (19,341 feet), Kilimanjaro is firmly classified as an extreme altitude mountain trek. At high altitudes the body is susceptible to a condition called Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) or altitude sickness.
The onset of AMS symptoms is not directly correlated to factors of age, gender, fitness level etc.
We do know though, that the rate of ascent is a major contributing factor, particularly on Kilimanjaro where the ascent profile is fast.

To increase your chances of success you should apply these four principles:
• Longer routes provide more time to properly acclimatize and therefore success rates are higher. Seven day routes are our preferred option for trekkers
• Routes that offer a climb high, sleep low acclimatisation day are preferable – the Machame and Lemosho route provides the best climb high, sleep low opportunity
• Go slowly through-out your trek. Do not over-exert yourself. Conserve energy at all times. You will hear your porters say ‘Pole Pole’, this means Slow, Slow in Swahili. Listen to them
• Drink loads of fluids (2.5-4 liters of water a day)
Follow these tips and you should be fine!

Esther and Martin Kafer summit Kilimanjaro, aged 84 and 85 respectively
In late 2012 Canadian couple Esther and Martin Kafer, aged 84 and 85 years respectively became the oldest people to summit Kilimanjaro.
The couple have been married since 1953 and have climbed mountains all over the world.

Also put this in your mind I got a lot of peoples climbed mountain Kilimanjaro with me as guide most also are young and old people above 60s, 100% of old made to the top. With me and jambokilitours we sure you than we are flexible.

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