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I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, which is a sad circus where money is king, and wrote about my experience here : http://rdklein.fr/essays/kilimanjaro.html http://rd
by linschn 11y ago
I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, which is a sad circus where money is king, and wrote about my experience here : http://rdklein.fr/essays/kilimanjaro.html http://rdklein.fr/essays/kilimanjaro.html
I really hope Everest will never get to this point. The difficulty of this summit protects it a bit, as (more or less safely) dragging an inexperienced climber up the mountain is not going to be cheap, but what I hear these last few years about the Everest is alarming.
To people that love mountaineering and don't want to climb in America or Europe, I suggest Kirghizstan. It's relatively safe, pristine, and it's really beautiful. There is no infrastructure and no mountain rescue, though, so YMMV depending on what you want to experience.
- grogenaut 11y agoYour altitude chart seems truncated. It talks about symptoms > 3 but stops at 3 urination. Otherwise a great article. I had always thought that climbing Kili was easy from slide shows that I saw when I was a kid from retirees who I saw who had done it. I guess I'll try my local first. Rainier is a mere $1k. Park fee is $25 per party of up to 25. Or I'll just try and complete the wonderland trail first.
- linschn 11y agoI should change the explanation under the chart, thanks for the feedback : you have to add together the points of every symptom you experience, and compare that total to the text below.