Climbing Africa's highest mountain - Kilimanjaro (full experience)

Climbing Africa's highest mountain - Kilimanjaro (full experience)

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One day you understand that staying in a warm couch and comfortably numb just isn't an option  that's why we look for experiences to unplug from   the routine and to feel raw and hear your inner  voice. In my case it will be a Kilimanjaro trip it will be my first time flying abroad from  Russia after February 24th and they asked me   so many questions on the passport control like  why are you going there what language do they   speak how often do you go to the mountains for  how many times have you climbed the mountains   is it scary why are you doing this oh my gosh  but thankfully I'm already boarding the plane thank you just got a Visa and I have one more  flight from the capital that is Salam to   Kilimanjaro wow it's the first time for  me to walk to the plane just like this foreign foreign but climbers naturally passed this town on their  way to Kilimanjaro so I'm here the first shot   for me is that most people here wear warm sweaters  hoodies down jackets and it's like plus 25 Celsius   but for them it's winter time why are you wearing  this warm coat Tanzania at the moment in June in   the morning where I'm staying it's a little bit  cold that's why I wear like this so but when I'm   walking so plus 25 is cold now it's probably  plus 27. yeah in the morning we'll see more   here yes yeah Mia was feeling cold why does  everyone speaks Russian here private yeah okay what advice would you give me to climb Kilimanjaro  climbing Kilimanjaro is not all about the physical   effects but what I can recommend you you have to  listen to your guide always make sure you drink   enough water always push yourself to eat enough  so you can make to the top I will try Matata repeat after me Hakuna Matata what Hakuna Matata Alexey ready yes I'm ready what about you we are at lamosho gate and here  the porters take everything these   are actually the guys who are going to  help us to climb the mountain Our Heroes so guys this is the motion  route this is the LA motion gate   and in front of you these are the crew members  it consists of uh 34 guys including the guides   the cook and the waiters and all the porters  so I would like to introduce you to the your   crew members okay we've got another guide  assistant guide will you meet with this guy   yeah you already know him his name what's my name  Alex so he's got another guy we are three of us hey guys yeah his Gideon is uh AKA yeah and  me you know me so my name is Robert I will   be leading you in this spectacular  your favorite and good trip okay   thank you very much say salute salute thank you  very much for your time wow two three follow Alice and we're ready to start Mount Kilimanjaro is  a dormant volcano it's the highest mountain in   Africa and the highest single freestanding  Mountain above sea level in the world after   making the decision to climb Kilimanjaro  you will need to choose your route there   are seven main Mount kilimanjaroots which  lead to the summit Uhuru pick I decided to   do the nine days Northern circuit route the  longest of the established truths but it has   the advantage of being much less crowded than  the other ones and good for acclimatization we start our climb at the elevation of 2100 meters  at lamosho gate and we start in the rain forest   and throughout the climb we're going to  experience all types of weather climate zones   so far it's like a jungle we see a lot of monkeys  and it's pretty warm so far okay clear let's go oh what are you bringing eggs  very dangerous subject to Port be careful don't fall why are you carrying it on the  head it's easier like this yeah foreign my head would just squash you uh what  okay I want to tie your shoe because so from La motion gate we have only  48 kilometers till Uhuru Peak yep yes   it says 34 hours can we make it Maybe all the best let's run slowly slowly that's how you're supposed to climb  the mountain Polo we made it to the first Camp yes good job we just arrived at the camp at 2895. and the guys  already set up the camp here and cooking already  

that is so good anything good yeah you're the main cook yeah yeah  so what's in the menu today what's your name Peter Chef Peter Peter teacher the chef so it's the end of day one it  wasn't that difficult about three to four hours   of hiking and now it's gonna be my first night  on the mountain Kilimanjaro I can already say   that this experience in Tanzania is so unique  if I compare this to my last climb which was   the highest mountain in Europe mount albros in  Russia the experience is So Different Here the   porters carry all the heavy things for you  your tent everything you just carry your day   pack and there is 34 people of staff for seven  members of our group the porters three guides   the chef The Cook the guys who carry the toilet  also the waiter and when we arrived to the camp   they already set up the tents prepared the food so  they cook they wash the dishes there is a toilet   only for our group I'm like what on Mount Alberts  I felt like an alpinist you know it was very hard   here I feel like on a vacation but I'm  not gonna say that climbing Kilimanjaro   is super easy it's just day one so let's  see what the next days prepare for me hello popcorn wow at six they will bring water  for washing and then at 6 30. okay and at seven this is Mount Kilimanjaro is my second Mountain  out of the seven highest peaks of the world   why do I go to such extreme places   always seek to do things to become comfortable  with being uncomfortable climbing High Summit   seems like a perfect activity to expand my  comfort zone to get outside of my comfy swamp but the goal of reaching the  summit isn't as important as   the challenging and beautiful way itself foreign I feel like Colorado or Utah states are like  this I imagine them like this I might be wrong   but I love these views another thing that attracts  me to join such drones is new   people that you meet on your way the  team with whom you climb the mountain hi I'm from Chicago Illinois   I'm also from Chicago Illinois I'm from Trinidad  and Tobago I'm from San Diego California hi   I'm from the Philippines I am from Houston  Texas Alexei yes where are you from Russia   really yes I'm from Russia what city I forgot  the series I'm Kilimanjaro you even have the   opportunity to try the local African cuisine wow  I can't believe that we have such a delicious food   at this altitude so we have a zucchini soup toast  chicken and chips so good do you like it I love it nice food after this hike very  good and of course getting to   know the Tanzanian culture  and people sleeps tonight I can't hear you about you are we okay teach me Swahili I have the motivated to  use the weight yes yes when you say pambana for   gaido Pota you know what I mean let's  say work hard work hard no you don't   teach me a Russian words baby teach  me to say everything is good you say foreign oh my God I hope one day I'll speak  Russian well and connecting with the   nature far from the business and  noises of civilization foreign okay four eight three over 83  yeah I think it was already 88 over 100. oh it's going over let's see let's see 92 or 40  oh oh it's 19. it's dropping  

again why are you nervous stop breathing then 95 see a line for food what do they give today foreign how are you good it's a loose it's okay it's okay okay um the tinglings become something okay yeah  that's why so it's a side effects what do   you think about Mount Kilimanjaro when you are  climbing do you have some mind opening insides   uh for climbing a mountain Kilimanjaro make  sure you have try to train your mindset   it's not hard it's not easy to climb human to  Kilimanjaro for real sure or maybe you get sick   and uh the other thing is to listen to your guide  the guide is a person who professional to take you   up to the mountain is it a difficult mountain to  climb no it's not difficult if you just follow the   rules for like a positive mental attitude you'll  get there it's not that hard crying big philosophy   is first of all this poly poly climb political so  that your body can acclimatize nicely okay follow   the guide's rules and also keep your positive  mental attitude that's the key to get to the   Uhuru pick if you want to succeed the problem with  Kilimanjaro is the enemy there is an enemy called   the hasi the altitude sickness that's the great  Envy so that's the one in us the success of people   going to the top of my team members started  to feel headaches stomach aches or nauseous   even on days 2 and 3. I felt pretty well during  all this time until I've got called on day six back down it's going up the nervous right it was very cold  at night and I've got a sore throat   that cost fever and temperature at Mountain  sickness to that and bad stomach together   the whole mix of emotions feelings if tomorrow  I don't feel any better I really can't continue   I'm very sad about this but right now I don't  even care I'm not even at the base camp yet not   even talking about the top but like this I can't  continue let's hope that I feel better tomorrow hello Ellie   I'm gonna bring hot water for drinking doing  it thank you so much okay welcome so much okay okay thank you okay thank you morning the news is I feel a little  bit better still have a very painful   sore throat kind of a  headache and maybe a weakness   but today it's better I would say it's tolerable  so I will try to go to the base camp and today is   also the most difficult day because we go  to the base camp which is at 4 700 meters   and this evening is the summit push well I will  be heading to the base camp and then we will see high five base camp I made it here at some point I thought  that I wouldn't even make it to the base camp   but this evening who will set off to Uhuru pick  our final destination I have a very sore throat   very painful which makes also headache  but I'm not giving up if I started this   at least I will try to finish it and if you  would ever also like to climb Kilimanjaro   consider the company follow Alice which I'm  here with I'm just amazed by the service   that the team provides here on the mountain when  we come to the camp everything is set up there   is delicious nutritious lunch or dinner and  the team is super lovely and supportive and   while I've been here I learned one more extremely  important thing about follow Alice company other   thing I love for life is because everything is  open everything is open when you guide make sure   no close close or maybe in Swahili we say  no konakona everything is open for example   now I am a in the mountain Kilimanjaro so my  bank accounts about thoroughly is already in   my account I'm not finished the job but my  my salary is already in the bank account   and the other thing about tipping foreign I  really love the fact that all the portraits   and guides highlighted that they appreciate  the trustworthiness of follow Alice so I am   proud to collaborate with such a reliable  company and to recommend them to you okay you will experience pain  you will experience fatigue   you will experience nausea dizziness because of  the sleepless night okay so if you experience   those just know that it's a transition  those things are there it's normal it's a   transition as the sun comes up everything will  be over okay yeah that's what I can tell you   and also put your positive mental attitude  that's the number one key to plan okay yeah foreign let's go are you ready foreign congratulations foreign thank you boo boo we're almost there  almost there man we're doing it Uhuru let's go let's go breathing like this okay let's  go guys let's go let's go foreign I see it in like a Simba 100  meters I don't like your life are we really at the uh horrific  really I can't believe this here we are at the rooftop of Africa high five Pascal so can I recommend you you have to have to steal the motion route  this is the LA motion gate okay clear really yes I'm from Russia  what city I forgot the series afternoon high five and also keep your positive mental  attitude that's the key to get to the whole Peak yes it was so so hard every time I thought that I'm gonna give up  at some point I don't know from where I got   strength and energy to get here like every  20 minutes I thought that I'm gonna give up I don't know you can't get here by  um physical strength only by some   I don't know mental crazy strength so happy that I'm here thank you so much of Africa this is Robert the best guys  anyway we have to have the best client here Kim! good job good job best Porter ah good job Dimitri good job you're so strong I'm so so happy you hide for me the main goal is not to climb the  sandwich but to get down safely and healthy so now   we are going back to the base camp you were quite a hard destination   I think once in a lifetime is enough  I would call Uhuru pick never again you would clamp again there's a lot of crap to do this we'll find something else yeah I was going to  give up when he said that we have 40 minutes left   but then I was like I don't want to come again  and do this all over again so I'm gonna climb it we did it yeah that's good  nice to hear this good job thank you by the way I have a tradition on my channel  to hide my trash Cuddles in places that I   go to inside the doll there is a note from  me and 100 troubles wait what are you gonna   do with the Russian money in Tanzania this  time I will put 10 000 Shillings then the   first person to book any Kilimanjaro tour  with follow Alice will get the doll just   ask for it when you arrive here I hope this  tradition will motivate you to travel more what do I want we already got down at the foot of the  Mountain at mueka Camp every time I finish   an expedition like this I promised myself I  wouldn't do it again but for some reason I do   it again and again like last year I went to  the highest mountain in Europe Mount albros   which is in the south of Russia I did it twice  because the first time I didn't make it I will   put the links to those to a sense of albros in  the description and you let me know which of   these trips you would do and which mountains you  would like to climb maybe one of the Seven Summits   so let me know about your experience with  the mountains what mountains are on your list   and thank you for joining this trip with me bye nowhere what does it mean this  is a South African azulu phrase

2022-11-17 22:43

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