Henry Stedman

Kilimanjaro

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Produktbeschreibung

The Trailblazer Kilimanjaro Guide is a practical guide to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain.

Produktdetails

• Trailblazer Guides
• Verlag: Trailblazer Publications
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 37245
• 6 New edition
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 118mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 366g
• ISBN-13: 9781912716487
• ISBN-10: 1912716488
• Artikelnr.: 69655879

Autorenporträt

By Henry Stedman

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION (1) PART 1: PLANNING YOUR TRIP – With a group or on your own? (Independent trekking not an option
With friends
On your own?)
Budgeting (Accommodation
Food
Transport)
When to go
Booking your trek (Booking with an agency at home
Booking with an agency in Tanzania
Signing the contract
The cost: why is it all so expensive?
Tipping)
The crew (Porters
Guides)
Getting to Kilimanjaro (By air
Overland)
Route options (Getting to the mountain
Getting up the mountain)
What to take (Clothes
Other equipment
What to pack it in
Maps
Recommended reading)
Internet sites
Health precautions
inoculations and insurance (Fitness
Inoculations
Insurance) (2) PART 2: TANZANIA Facts about the country (Geography
Climate
History
Economy
The people) Practical information for the visitor (Documents and visas
Airport tax
Money
Tourist offices
Getting around
Accommodation
Electricity
Time
Post and telecommunications
Holidays and festivals
Food
Drinks
Things to buy
Security
Health (3) PART 3: KILIMANJARO Geology (The glaciers)
Climate
The history of Kilimanjaro (Early history
The outsiders arrive
The 1800s: Pioneers
Preachers
First attempts at the summit
Colonization
Kilimanjaro conquered
After Meyer)
Kilimanjaro today
Flora and fauna
The people of Kilimanjaro: the Chagga (Origins
Social structure and village life
Religion and ceremonies)
Kilimanjaro economy (4) PART 4: ARRIVING IN EAST AFRICA – NAIROBI
DAR ES SALAAM
KILIMANJARO AIRPORT Dar es Salaam (Arrival
Orientation and getting around
Services
Where to stay
Where to eat
A tour of the city
Moving on to Kilimanjaro)
Nairobi (Arrival
Orientation and getting around
Services
Where to stay
Where to eat
A tour of the city
Moving on to Kilimanjaro)
Kilimanjaro International Airport (5) PART 5: ARUSHA
MOSHI AND MARANGU Kilimanjaro International Airport
Arusha (Arrival
Orientation and getting around
Services
Where to stay
Where to eat and drink
What to do
Trekking agencies
Getting away)
Moshi (Arrival
Orientation and getting around
Services
Where to stay
Where to eat and drink
What to do
Trekking agencies
Getting away)
Marangu (Practicalities) (6) PART 6: MINIMUM IMPACT AND SAFE TREKKING Minimum impact trekking
Safe trekking (What is AMS
HACO and HAPO
How to avoid it
How to treat it
Other potential health problems) (7) MOUNT MERU Introduction
Practicalities
Stage 1: Momela Gate to Miriakamba Huts
Stage 2: Miriakamba Huts to Saddle Huts
Map B Stage 3: Saddle Huts to Meru Summit
Stage 4: Miriakamba Huts to Momela Gate (8) PART 8: TRAIL GUIDE AND MAPS Using this guide
About the maps in this guide
The Marangu Route (Stage 1: Marangu Gate to Mandara Huts
Stage 2: Mandara Huts to Horombo Huts
Stage 3: Horombo Huts to Kibo Huts
Stage 4: Kibo Huts to Gillman's Point and Uhuru Peak) The Machame Route (Stage 1: Machame Gate to Machame Huts
Stage 2: Machame Huts to the New Shira Camp
Stage 3: New Shira Camp to Barranco Huts
Ascent of Kibo via the Arrow Glacier (Western Breach)
Stage 4: Barranco Huts to Barafu Huts
Stage 5: Barafu Huts to Stella Point and Uhuru Peak)
The Rongai Route
Stage 1: Loitokitok village to First Cave Campsite
Stage 2: First Cave Campsite to Third Cave Campsite
The Mawenzi Tarn Hut Route
Stage 3: Third Cave Campsite to School Hut
Stage 4: School Hut to the Kibo trail and Gillman's Point) The Shira Plateau and Lemosho routes
Umbwe Route (Stage 1: Umbwe Gate to Umbwe Cave Campsite
Stage 2: Umbwe Cave Campsite to Barranco Huts)
The descent routes: Marangu Route
The Mawenzi Route to Horombo
Mweka Route
Alternative Mweka (Kidia) Route (9) PART 9: THE SUMMIT What's at the top?
Walking on the summit (10) APPENDICES A: Swahili
B: Flights to Kilimanjaro
C: Tanzanian & Kenyan embassies abroad
D: Recommended reading
listening and watching
E: GPS waypoints
F: Acute mountain sickness (10) INDEX