When talking to people about climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, one of the first questions I am asked is if they are fit enough.
In actual fact how you are able to acclimatise is a far more important factor, and unless you have been to high altitudes often, it is not possible to know that beforehand. The best [...]

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Why do people climb Africa’s highest mountain, the summit of which is at 19,340 feet / 5,895 metres asl (above mean sea level) and has half the available oxygen as any point at sea level?
Firstly it is a journey on foot. This is significant, and is one of the reasons I still guide Kilimanjaro climbs. [...]

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Regular readers of our blog might find that the sightings mentioned in my article “Slim, Sleek, Slender and Spotted Sprinter” of March 2008 are either very rare or exaggerated.
Well the cheetah sightings with Mathieson family that we enjoyed in December 2008 / January 2009 amounted to over 19 different cheetahs in six different [...]

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