Poor Guides
We state over and over that the single most important decision you make is what operator you climb with. Guides who are inexperienced and insufficiently trained do not put you in an advantageous position to succeed simply because they do not know how to give optimal instructions to their clients. This includes knowing how to deal with elevation, food and water intake, injury prevention, handling adverse weather and pace setting.
As mentioned above, altitude sickness is the main obstacle for a successful climb. Solid, well-trained guides like Peak Planet’s staff know how to prevent and treat altitude sickness. By doing health checks and with careful monitoring of each client, our guides can act immediately if they notice a person may not be acclimatizing. The best guides on the mountain will increase your chances of summiting.
Altitude Sickness
Some of peoples failed to reach to summit due to altitude sickness but as longer as you have competent,knowledgeable guides it is not problem. What you need to do is by make sure that your obeying on what your guides advice you guides are more experienced than.you can be more experienced on other mountain but not for Kilimanjaro Please follow your guide.at high elevations, nearly everyone experience some symptoms of altitude sickness. Mild levels of altitude sickness include a headache, nausea, lack of appetite, dizziness, and lethargy. This is normal. However, when symptoms worsen to moderate levels of illness, climbers should not go any higher as their bodies are not adapting to the altitude.
The best way to reduce the likelihood of altitude sickness is to simply climb a longer route. Doing so will give your body additional days to acclimatize and in turn increase your success rate. That is why Peak Planet prefers the 7 day Rongai, 7 day Machame, 8 day Lemosho and 9 day Northern Circuit route. Each of these routes adds an extra rest day which statistically increases your probability of success by about 20%.Other ways of decreasing the chances of altitude sickness are by acclimatizing climb high and sleep low this helps a lot of peoples you hike 200meters above your home camp for particular day and spend some time.
Altitude sickness can be fatal if precautions aren’t taken or symptoms are not recognized. That’s why we use only experienced, medically trained guides. Our guides from jambokili tours are well trained and ready to help you to the top healthy.
Bad attitude
Always we tell our client please think positive "if other can do why not you" this makes me to get high percent of my client reach to highest peak not only that you got enough gear neither fitness.but always be positive. When you’re positive even on the most challenged peak like the peak of Everest can be easy for you. This is my witness to you my clients I had one student from Georgia university. she had problem with pulmonary, asthma, chest problems. The first statement I gave her was “ your strong” with her pace she made to the highest point healthily. build your phycology positive.With jambokilitours is our duties to create positiveness.
Not Eating or Drinking Enough
By being at high elevations, your body is working hard just to function normally. That means it is using a lot of calories and water in the process. It is very important that one continues to eat and drink in good amounts to replenish your body. What usually occurs is that people are OK in the first few days, even when not eating and drinking enough. However, as the oxygen levels begin to deplete, the culmination of the calorie and water deficiency and perhaps lack of sleep begin to take their toll. A climber can become more and more tired as each day passes which in turn also affects their ability to continue acclimatizing.
Your guides will always remind you to drink and eat as much as possible, even if you do not feel hungry. We also believe that bringing an electrolyte powder mix is very helpful for recovery after long days.
Not having enough gears
Please just put in your mind your coming to climb Kilimanjaro the Africa highest mountain most of peoples are coming from cold or coldest country even though you’re from that country please come with your gears as recommended it bad for someone failed to get to the top because he was feeling too cold Kilimanjaro reach up to -20degree sometime -25 with too much wind for As part of your Kilimanjaro preparations, you should acquire or rent all the necessary gear. Follow our detailed gear list or my you tube videos and you will be well suited for any kind of weather.
The top of Kilimanjaro is in an ecological zone known as the arctic zone. In other words, it can be very, very cold. The bottom of Kilimanjaro resides in the rainforest, where precipitation is expected. So warm hats, jackets, pants, and gloves, along with waterproof gear is imperative.
Some company provide Tents that leak or do not vent properly can make your nights very uncomfortable. And if you do not get good sleep, your recovery is negatively affected. That’s why we provide high-quality Gore-Tex tents and sleeping pads and rent warm wat sleeping bags. It helps our clients succeed on the mountain.
Injuries and Other Illnesses
This among of reason but not often happening but we have got first aid kit for small injury but we can do nothing for big one. During the course of hiking over many days, it is not unusual for some injuries to pop up. A twisted ankle, blisters or swollen joints can end your Kilimanjaro climb if hiking becomes too painful. If you have known physical challenges, it is prudent to take actions to counteract them. For instance, bringing sock liners, extra socks, and a blister kit to stop blisters from forming or getting worse. Using trekking poles to ease the impact on problematic joints. Wearing high boots for better ankle support.
It is also important to maintain good hygiene on the mountain. Always wash your hands (we provide soap and water) or use hand sanitizer after using the toilet or before eating to prevent getting germs.
THREE BIG THING TO PUT ON YOUR MIND
THINK POSITIVE
EATING/DRINKING
POLEPOLE
KILIMNJARO IS EASY AS LONGER AS YOU MAKE IT EASY
