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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WHY YOU FAIL TO REACH KILIMANJARO SUMMIT

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

THE BEUTIFULLY OF RAIN FOREST ON MOUNTAIN KILIMANJARO.

thiS IS AMONG OF THE MOUNTAIN THAT HAVE GOT BEAUTIFULLY ENVIROMENT . KILIMANJARO MOUNTAIN RAIN FOREST ARE AMONG OF THE RAIN FOREST THAT FOUND IN A TROPICAL COUNTRY LIKE TANZANIA.THIS MOUNTAIN HAVE GOT A LOT OF FLORA AND FAUNA THIS INCLUDE ONE OF THE BEAUTIFULLY ANIMAL LIKE BLACK AND WHITE COLOBUS MONKEY.ONE OF THE BEAUTIFULLY MONKEY THAT YOU CAN VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE TREES WHILE YOU ARE WORKING IN THE FORES YOU CAN SEE THEM DIVING FROM ONE TREE TO ANOTHER TREE AND MOVE WITH THEIR FAMILY ICLUDE UP TO 40 GROUP OF TROOP THEY SPENT MOST OF THEIR TIME ON THE TOP OF THE TREES.

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HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM MALARIA

Many of tourists travelling to African countries are afraid of two exotic diseases: yellow fever and malaria. And if you can providently do a vaccination against the first one, but it seems impossible to avoid the meeting with the second one. What is the guarantee that the bit of the local mosquito will not bring any consequences except a short itch? But on the other hand, how do the locals survive in such conditions?


Malaria in Tanzania: myths and truth

As in any similar area with warm humid climate, there are really some cases of malaria infection in Tanzania. But it doesn’t mean that this insidious disease is waiting for you in every corner of the country.



There are four kinds of malarial plasmodium disease infected insects which parasitize on Anopheles - mosquitoes. These bloodsucking mosquitoes do not live everywhere: they are closely linked to standing water and do not fly away further than 8 km. Therefore, the risk to be bitten by a malarial mosquito is high only in places of their permanent habitat: in tropical forests, slopes, marshes, the drying water area and so on.



For example, in the dry savannah and Northern Tanzania where there are cool nights and mountain climate, you almost cannot meet Anopheles. They live in tropical forests, marshes and isles, but only if the air temperature will be comfortable for reproduction of plasmodium (above 20°C) and there will be no wind.



To catch malaria, the following conditions shall be met:

The environment should be favorable for activities of control the disease vector (standing water, high humidity, boggy or forest terrain).
When it gets dark (Anopheles -mosquitoes bite only in the dark time!), you go out without any repellents and with minimal clothes. Or you go to bed without fumigator and insecticide-treated bednet.
Mosquito needs to drink some blood of infected man 4-10 days before to meet you.
You have a weakened immune system by any long illness and you cannot resist an infection.


How to protect yourself from malaria?

On the advices of doctors and seasoned travelers, there are two ways to cope with the potential disease:



Take drugs for the prevention

The course of special medicines is recommended, to prepare your body to the possible meeting with the malarial mosquito. The most popular are Lariam, Doxycycline, Malarone (or Malanil).

It is advisable to start the prevention before the departure and continue it during all the journey and 2-4 weeks after leaving the country.



But you should note that all these drugs are not harmless for your health because they have a lot of contraindications which could have a negative impact on your body. Liver, intestinal tract, the organs of vision and nervous systems could be affected because of such prevention. Therefore, we advise you to discuss it with your doctor before taking these medicines.



To be careful

If you do not want to share your journey with all possible side effects, so take repellents, long sleeves clothes and choose a good place to sleep. Hotels are equipped with mosquito nets with insecticide. Air-conditioners help well because mosquitoes are afraid of coolness and plasmodium does not develop at temperatures below +20 °C.


Symptoms of malaria and its treatment

Be careful! Pay attention on following symptoms:

1. weakness, drowsiness, headache
2. increase in body temperature
3. muscle and joint pain


Other characteristics (attacks of chills and fever, sweating, vomit, dizziness, yellowing of eyes) appear in 10-40 days after infection. A preventive intake of drugs does not guarantee hundred-percent reliability of the potential infection. In case of suspicious symptoms, it is necessary to address to any clinic make malaria rapid diagnostic test. Upon detection of the infection you have to take a course of special medicines (Koartem proved itself perfectly, it has an effect on all species of plasmodium and relieve symptoms of disease in a day after the first intake).



And finally, Tanzania has a high level of health care, therefore there are not severe forms of malaria here. With the timely address to doctors, this disease is treated as easy as influenza.

So, do not give up an unforgettable journey because of mosquitoes