133. Trekking to Mt Kilimanjaro

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Day Event Details

Initial planning route (draft)

1st June Singapore-Bangkok 2100-2220 (Thai Airways)
2nd June Bangkok-Kilimanjaro
Explore Moshi town/rest 0135-1430 (Ethiopian) with 5hrs transit
3rd June Machame Gate (1634 m) to Machame camp. (2834 m).
4th June Machame camp (2834 m) to Shira camp (3749 m)
5th June Shira camp (3749 m) to Barranco camp (3901 m)
6th June Barranco camp (3900 m) to Karanga Valley (3963 m) This is the acclimatization day
7th June Karanga Valley (3963 m) to Barafu camp (4,600 m)
8th June Barafu Camp (4,600m) to the Summit (5896 m) and then to Mweka Camp (3100 m)
9th June Mweka Hut (3100 m) to Mweka Gate (1828 m) to Moshi town
10th June Rest day
11th June Manyara National Park
12th June Serengeti National Park
13th June Serengeti/Ngorongoro Crater
14th June Ngorongoro Crater and back to Airport
Kilimanjaro-Bangkok 1715-1315(+1)
15th June Bangkok-Singapore 1635-1955



Friendship and flexibility are two important learning processes in this trekking journey.


The very first step to do: Block the annual leave next June...



" Getting to the summit is only half of my climb. Geting back down is everything. The finish line is at the bottom, not at the top" - Breashears

Challenge Ahead:

The challenge ahead is not about budget as we can manage it with other expenses; it is not about body and mind as we have enough time to strengthen them. It is about mountain sickness which our team members (including me) may face it. I will try all ways and means to address this challenge for our team. Here I learned somethigs from my friend Devesh Sharma; he said, courage is not a lack of fear but courage is overcoming fear with conviction.

I would find an amicable solution for our team to overcome mountain sickness.

When under preparation, every mountain looks high. - Simon Kong



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I believe man and women can design and implement what they set out to do in life, but the mountain will have a final say of giving them the permission like the last three digits of validation code in a VISA card.