Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro | 
 enlarge | Authors: Stephen Carmichael, Susan Stoddard
Creators: Rick Ridgeway, Neville Shulman, Robert M., Iii Moore
Publisher: Medi-Ed Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 54617
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 112
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 0936741163
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.5220967826
EAN: 9780936741161
ASIN: 0936741163
Publication Date: September 23, 2002
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Book Description
Have you ever considered climbing to the top of Africa? Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest point on the continent of Africa at 19,340 feet. But unlike most of the world's highest mountains, Mount Kilimanjaro can be climbed by the "average" person. If you want to learn more about cliimbing Mount Kilimanjaro, then this is the book for you! Carmichael and Stoddard describe the process of planning, preparation, and execution of their Mount Kilimanjaro adventure. Their expertise in the biological sciences gives credence to their recommendations for physical training and their precautions taken to prevent altitude sickness. The book is intended to be a step-by-step guide for training, making arrangements, gearing up, and preparing for potential medical problems, time differences and language barriers. They offer hiking guidelines, mental strategies, and even photography techniques. Their diary of the six-day climb gives a vivid description of how they made it up the mountain and back down.
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 My Dream is : To SUMMIT the " Roof of Africa" April 30, 2008
The book gave me some excellent hints, and it will be easy to pack, so I can refer to it....as I go.
The authors gave so many good ideas , litterally every step of the way.....Else Von Schopp
Climbing Kilimanjaro February 28, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This books offers a good first hand account on preparing for a climb on Kilimanjaro. It puts on a personal touch that other books usually do not have. Although short, it is worth reading.
 Amateur effort - not recommended February 19, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Wouldn't recommend it except to fill out your background reading of a fairly obsessive couple preparing to and then climbing. Much better books available such as "Kilimanjaro: A Guide to Climbing Africa's Highest Mountain, Includes City Guides to Arusha, Moshi, Marangu, Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam" by Henry Stedman.
Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro January 20, 2006
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The book provides an exceptional insight into climbing the mountain. Lots of information, practical tips and experiences. Written in an easy to read style. Invaluable to anyone like me who is intending to climb the mountain.
Not worth your time June 6, 2004
9 out of 16 found this review helpful
I've often thought about writing a book about a trip as a way to deduct the expense from my taxes, but I've refrained for fear that the result would end up like this book. Poorly written with very limited content, this book is of little interest and very limited use to anyone actually planning to climb Kilimanjaro. It's chief value is as personal account of the authors' climb, but you can find many similar accounts for free on personal websites everywhere.
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