Trip to Kilimanjaro -
September 2003
Get in shape
One of the first questions I asked myself was of course how hard it would be
to go trekking on Kilimanjaro. When I was walking on the mountain I have to
admit that I thought it was hard but I think this was due to my cold and of
course the altitude problems. But we walked pretty slowly and we had lots of
chances to rest. The summit day/night was of course very challenging. First
of all we stayed up all night. We also had to face slopes that got steeper
and steeper and air that got thinner and thinner. I tried to walk quite a lot
but I think it is important to stress that it is important to walk in varied
terrain and go up and down. I walked to
Preikstolen 4 times and
Kjerag (2 times) during
the summer. Here is a little summary of my activities from the time I
decided to go.
|
Date |
Walking (km) |
Biking (km) |
Squash (minutes) |
Minutes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13.jul |
|
45 |
|
100 |
|
14.jul |
13 |
|
|
120 |
|
15.jul |
10 |
|
|
120 |
|
16.jul |
|
|
|
|
|
17.jul |
10 |
|
|
100 |
|
18.jul |
9 |
|
|
90 |
|
19.jul |
|
30 |
|
80 |
|
20.jul |
15 |
|
|
150 |
|
21.jul |
3 |
20 |
|
90 |
|
22.jul |
12 |
|
|
120 |
|
23.jul |
3 |
|
|
30 |
|
24.jul |
8 |
|
|
80 |
|
25.jul |
3 |
|
|
30 |
|
26.jul |
|
32 |
|
80 |
|
27.jul |
24 |
|
|
240 |
|
28.jul |
6 |
|
|
60 |
|
29.jul |
6 |
60 |
|
200 |
|
30.jul |
|
|
|
|
|
31.jul |
|
|
|
|
|
01.aug |
|
|
|
|
|
02.aug |
|
|
|
|
|
03.aug |
|
|
|
|
|
04.aug |
9 |
|
|
90 |
|
05.aug |
3 |
|
|
30 |
|
06.aug |
3 |
33 |
|
120 |
|
07.aug |
3 |
|
|
30 |
|
08.aug |
12 |
|
|
120 |
|
09.aug |
|
|
|
|
|
10.aug |
10 |
|
|
160 |
|
11.aug |
|
|
|
|
|
12.aug |
9 |
|
|
90 |
|
13.aug |
7 |
|
|
80 |
|
14.aug |
|
|
|
|
|
15.aug |
3 |
|
|
30 |
|
16.aug |
6 |
|
|
120 |
|
17.aug |
10 |
|
|
300 |
|
18.aug |
6 |
|
|
60 |
|
19.aug |
9 |
|
|
90 |
|
20.aug |
6 |
|
60 |
60 |
|
21.aug |
3 |
|
|
30 |
|
22.aug |
|
|
|
|
|
23.aug |
13 |
|
|
120 |
|
24.aug |
17 |
|
|
160 |
|
25.aug |
3 |
|
|
30 |
|
26.aug |
|
|
60 |
|
|
27.aug |
9 |
|
|
90 |
|
28.aug |
|
|
|
|
|
29.aug |
6 |
10 |
60 |
90 |
|
30.aug |
10 |
|
|
100 |
|
31.aug |
6 |
|
|
90 |
|
01.sep |
6 |
|
|
60 |
|
02.sep |
3 |
|
|
30 |
|
03.sep |
6 |
10 |
60 |
90 |
|
04.sep |
|
|
|
|
|
05.sep |
3 |
|
|
30 |
|
06.sep |
9 |
|
|
90 |
|
07.sep |
|
|
|
|
|
08.sep |
|
|
60 |
|
|
09.sep |
|
|
|
|
|
10.sep |
|
|
60 |
|
|
11.sep |
4 |
|
|
40 |
|
12.sep |
6 |
|
|
60 |
|
13.sep |
|
|
|
|
|
14.sep |
15 |
|
|
150 |
|
15.sep |
|
|
60 |
|
|
16.sep |
|
|
|
|
|
17.sep |
3 |
|
|
30 |
|
18.sep |
6 |
|
60 |
60 |
|
19.sep |
|
|
|
|
|
20.sep |
|
|
|
|
|
21.sep |
|
|
|
|
|
22.sep |
|
|
60 |
|
|
23.sep |
|
|
60 |
|
|
24.sep |
|
|
|
|
|
25.sep |
|
|
50 |
|
|
05.okt |
|
|
|
|
|
06.okt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
346 Km |
240 Km |
650 minutes |
4420 minutes |
|
|
|
|
|
5070 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
This means that I did about
5070 minutes of activities in this period which equals about 84,5 hours.