Things to Know before Booking your Kilimanjaro Expedition
Things to consider after booking your Kilimanjaro tour.
Things to Consider in order to have a successful hike.
Once you have made the decision to climb Kilimanjaro there are some things to consider about Health And Safety On Kilimanjaro ensuring you have a safe and successful Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. While Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, there are possible results that you may go up against some test including some success related issues in the midst of your trek. The purpose behind these medicinal issues is generally a result of the distinction in tallness and atmosphere.
We will say it once and we will repeat it often: health and safety on the climb is our top priority, and it has to be yours, too. So, here’s the chance to find out what we do to provide you with the safest climb possible. And you can also learn what you can do to help.
Our advice looks at safety specific to a Kilimanjaro climb at any time, as well as a climb during the coronavirus era, the important question of altitude sickness, how to plan and prepare, the important daily health checks we carry out and the process of rescue and evacuation – in the unlikely event that it becomes necessary.
Key factors affecting your safety on Kilimanjaro:
Staying safe on Kilimanjaro starts with understanding the risks and knowing how to mitigate them. We ask all our climbers to fill in a comprehensive medical questionnaire, and in the case of some pre-existing conditions, we may ask for confirmation from your doctor that you are fit to climb. Your guide will need to know any existing medications you are taking (including over the counter) and whether you are taking Diamox to help acclimatization.
You need to know that your guide has the proper training to know how to detect the early signs of altitude sickness, and what to do about it. Our guides undergo Wilderness First Responder training, which teaches essential skills for managing medical conditions in remote locations.
Carrying emergency equipment is useless if your guide doesn’t know how to use it.
It’s our mission to ensure a safe and successful summit for everyone. We have a guide to climber ratio of 1 to 2, so for every two climbers, we have one trained mountain guide. This allows for more careful observation and evaluation of the group’s condition.
Communication with your guide is important. If you’re feeling under the weather, have a headache, nausea or any other symptom, you must tell your guide. While hiking, your guide will be keeping a lookout for any early signs of trouble:
Every day, you’ll have a one-to-one meeting with your guide for a comprehensive health check-up:
Constant monitoring prevents a mild case of altitude sickness from escalating into an emergency.
Our team carries a comprehensive medical kit, including bottled oxygen, and portable stretcher.
In the event of an emergency, we use a search and rescue service that operates out of Moshi. After a distress call, a helicopter will be dispatched to the nearest landing point and the patient can be airlifted off the mountain and taken to the local hospital. Of note, in the event of adverse mountain weather, a helicopter may not be able to land, and if this is the case, a manual evacuation will need to take place via a stretcher provided by the National Park.
We take your safety very seriously and don’t believe in leaving anything to chance. Emergencies can and do occur, due to the nature of the remote, high-altitude environment. Climbing Kilimanjaro with an operator who has well-trained guides, robust safety procedures, and good quality equipment reduces the incidence and severity of any issues that arise.
You can prepare yourself by being fit, bringing the right gear, and taking adequate precautions on the trail.
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