Explore Mount Kilimanjaro.
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| Author / Creator: | Megarry, Jacquetta. |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | Dunblane [Scotland] : Rucksack Readers, 2001. |
| Description: | 64 p. ; 27 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Rucksack reader |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4841644 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Planning and preparation
- When is the best time of year?
- Combining it with other activities
- Which route: Marangu or Machame?
- Fitness, exercise and heart rate
- Your target zone
- Where and how to exercise
- When and how often to exercise
- Altitude effects
- How your body responds to lack of oxygen
- Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS)
- Complications from AMS (HAPE and HACE)
- How can you tell if AMS will affect you?
- Does Diamox prevent AMS?
- Advice on food and drink
- Summary: how to prevent and manage AMS
- Other health issues
- Equipment and packing
- Packing checklist
- 2. Code for Kilimanjaro explorers 25011 2
- 2.1. Tanzania, history and Kilimanjaro's 'discovery'
- 2.2. Conservation, tourism and the local economy
- 2.3. The volcanoes, geology and scenery
- 2.4. Habitats and wildlife
- 3. The routes in detail
- 3.1. Marangu Gate to Mandara Huts
- 3.2. Mandara Huts to Horombo Huts
- 3.3. Horombo Huts to Kibo Hut
- 3.4. Kibo Hut to Gillman's Point/Uhuru Peak
- 3.5. Machame Gate to Machame Camp
- 3.6. Machame Camp to Shira Camp
- 3.7. Shira Camp to Barranco Camp
- 3.8. Barranco Camp to Barafu Camp
- 3.9. Barafu Camp to Stella Point/Uhuru Peak
- 3.10. The summit day descent
- 4. Reference
- Get by in Swahili
- Contact details
- Acknowledgements and credits
- Index
- Map of Kilimanjaro and its routes
