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EQUIPMENT

Please bring the "personal equipment" noted below. Our organizers and sponsors provide the group equipment.

Kilimanjaro and Mt. Kenya Summit Trek Equipment
Trekking Personal Equipment Group Equipment

 
Mt. Kenya Summit Rock Climb Equipment
Rock-Climbing Personal Equipment Group Equipment

 

What will the weather be like?

Be prepared for muddy trekking and cold and wet weather. Depending on the fickle weather, and because its on the equator, east Africa may be wetter/muddier than other places you have trekked and climbed in. If you have ever climbed-trekked in Scotland for multiple weeks, then you will be familiar with what to expect. Make sure you have good waterproof footwear. It’s a good idea to bring extra plastic bags to put inside your boots over your socks (bring extra socks too) and extra waterproof storage bags to keep your equipment and clothing dry, as well as to put your muddy boots in. Make sure all of your clothing still keeps you warm when its wet. Good quality rain/wind proof outer shell pants and jacket are a must, as are polypropylene polar-fleece undergarments. I am still going to bring my lightweight and warm down jacket. It could snow on summit-day up high, so be ready for this too.

Also, be prepared for bright sunny, boiling hot, dry, desert weather in the lowlands. It could be scalding hot, dry and windy. Don’t forget cotton clothing, mosquito cream, suncream, sun hat, sun glasses, etc.

Mt. Kilimanjaro Trek Equipment *

  1. Rucksack small or medium (maximum 50 liter). You will carry this small bag.

  2. Kit bag (duffel) with lock, (80-100 liter size). Your porter will carry this large bag on his head.

  3. Head torch, with batteries and lamps.

  4. Adjustable, telescoping trekking pole (optional, but highly recommended).

  5. Two one-liter water bottles

  6. Sleeping bag for -10 centigrade (15 Fahrenheit)

  7. Sleeping Mat

  8. Good Quality Trekking Boots (make sure they are "broken-in")

  9. Snow Gaiters

  10. Light shoes for camp and mud-wading in jungle at base of mountain.

  11. Warm Socks

  12. Warm mitts and gloves.

  13. Warm Hat

  14. Sun hat, plus cotton head-scarf or "bandana"

  15. Rain goretex hooded jacket

  16. Rain goretex trousers

  17. Warm pile/fleece jacket

  18. Warm pile/fleece trousers

  19. Warm thermal underwear, top and bottom.  

  20. Cotton shirt, trousers, and walking shorts (optional),

  21. Cotton socks, undershirt, and underwear,

  22. Sunglasses

  23. Prescription glasses, extra contact lens supplies (contact lens wearers: there is a lot of dust here, you definitely need to bring prescription glasses as a backup).

  24. Sun cream for face, and Lip suncream

  25. Blister Repair Kit

  26. Wash Kit

  27. Female/Male hygiene products.

  28. Water purification tablets, and or filter;

  29. Small Towel

  30. Cough and Cold medicines

  31. Altitude Medicine (Diamox) Do not bring sleeping pills, they are a respiratory depressant

  32. Diarrhoea Medicine

  33. Headache Medicine

  34. Malaria Medicine

  35. Mosquito repellant cream,

  36. Earplugs

  37. Snack/Energy food ( a few chocolate or energy bars for each day on the mountain).

  38. Camera (with film), Binoculars, Book, Photos of your Home and family to show your new friends,

  39. Personal cassettes/player.

  40. Several Waterproof plastic sacks, ie: rubbish sacks for your sleeping bag, shoes, etc, 

  41. Passport, 2 extra passport photos, proof of insurance card, flight ticket, flight itinerary. Keep all in plastic bag.
  42. Dollars cash for hotels, visas, small items and gratuities. Credit card, traveler's cheques. Us an "under the trousers" money belt, not one of those round-the-neck jobs or bum-bags that are really more of a sign showing where the money is.
  43. Extra gifts of used clothing shoes, hats jackets, for the porters, their wives, children and mothers and fathers.
  44. Lots of patience. Please relax, this is AFRICA !!

* PLEASE try to LIMIT YOURSELF TO THIS LIST, DUE TO BAGGAGE RESTRICTIONS. THANK YOU

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Equipment List for Rock Climbing on Mount Kenya*

1. Helmet

2. Harness

3. Belay and Rappel (abseil) Device

4. 3 regular carabiners

5. 2 locking carabiners

6. comfortable, warm, all day, rock shoes (most people use their good quality all-leather hiking boots)
* PLEASE LIMIT YOURSELF TO THIS LIST ON THE TREK, DUE TO PORTER RESTRICTIONS. HOWEVER, YOU CAN BRING YOUR FULL BAGGAGE ALLOWANCE TO AFRICA THEN LEAVE THE EXCESS IN STORAGE AT TTHE HOTEL BETWEEN TREKS/CLIMBS -THANK YOU

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Group Equipment List for Kili-treks, Safaris, and Mt. Kenya Rock Climbs *

(Provided by the organizers & sponsors)

Kili-Treks and Safaris:
12 trekking tents
Complete kitchen equipment and dining set (will be used by our cook)
Lanterns & candles
Sanitation and hygiene supplies
6 Gear duffles, travel bags, kit bags, or hold alls
1 complete repair kit with extra parts and tools
1 large eating tent
12 folding camp chairs
6 folding camp tables
1 storage tent
1 medical kit (basecamp)
4 water filters
toilet paper
Trekking food and drinks, and cook
Rubbish sacks for environmental cleanup
Maps, guide books and articles

Rock Climbing on Mount Kenya:
4 dynamic climbing ropes (8-9 mm, 60 meter)
50 meters tubular webbing
3-4 mm. accessory cord (300 meters)
Assortment of camming devices
Assortment of stoppers, chocks, etc.
4 locking carabiners
30 standard carabiners
4 ice screws
6 rock pitons

* This is not an exhaustive list. Please submit other equipment concerns and suggestions

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