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Day three of our ascent of Kilimanjaro and we set off up a forbidding slope \u2013 rocky, steep, its surface uneven with gravel and boulders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After an hour or so, I looked to see if our porters were still behind us. They carried our tents, our clothes, cooking equipment, food and drink\u2026 packages the size of a horse on their heads, while we had little knapsacks with sandwiches and a raincoat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The porters were nowhere to be seen. \u201cWhat\u2019s happened to them?\u201d I asked our guide Soster. \u201cThey took the short route,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I spotted these superhuman mountain goats with their vast loads springing up an ultra-steep path, forging ahead so that they could set up camp and cook dinner in time for our arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had eight staff \u2013 six porters plus two guides - catering to the two of us, certainly the highest ratio I\u2019ve ever enjoyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although climbing Kilimanjaro is a stroll compared with other continents\u2019 highest peaks, it\u2019s still a challenge. We took six days in total: four days up and two days down. You need to acclimatise gradually, or else risk altitude sickness. We did the Marangu route, where you ascend for a couple of days, dip down, then climb back up again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With Clive Betts MP after summiting Kilimanjaro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Only around 65 per cent of Kilimanjaro climbers make the summit. We met a few along the route who had turned back, stricken by altitude sickness and exhaustion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Altitude has unpredictable effects. For some (me included) it provokes irritability: I became so fed up with walking downhill, knowing that I\u2019d have to go back up, that I started kicking random stones in frustration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In compensation, the scenery was breath-taking, from savannah to glacier to tropical rainforest. The final ascent, begun at just after midnight so that you reach the summit in early morning, was unforgettable. You really get a sense of being wildly high, with a vast volcanic crater below and the whole of Africa spreading out in every direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was an awesome adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dawn over Kilimanjaro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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