| This article is to help people who plan to climb Mount | | | | the Health and Wellness Industry called "Mannatech". |
| Kilimanjaro. I will try and keep is simple and easy to | | | | They have sugar coated jellybaby like shewies but |
| read. | | | | filled with fruits and vegeatables. We believe if it was |
| First of all you must train, I don't mean go mad in the | | | | not for the Mannatech products we would not have |
| gym. get a good pair of boots and start doing the | | | | had it that easy as we did not experience any |
| hiking thing. We did 20km per weekend, 10km per | | | | altitude sickness symptoms what so ever. |
| day for 3 months. If you can do 20km and not have | | | | We also add their sportsdrink into our water which |
| sore muscles you will make it physically. | | | | helped with stifness. |
| We did the Machame route also known as the | | | | We rented a lot of stuff as we did not think it |
| "Whiskey" route, the second most difficult route but | | | | neccesary to buy the expensive sleeping bag.We |
| also the scenery is very rewarding. | | | | bought the inner. |
| Obviously the right gear is important. I only had very | | | | The rainforest is something to experience.we did it in |
| cold fingertips on summit night. The gloves was | | | | September 2009 and no rain. |
| suppose to be ski gloves. | | | | You also will experience loss of appetite.Please don't |
| The sunrise on summit day is spectacular!. | | | | skip food.You get breakfast, lunch and dinner. I only |
| Altitude sickness can be a problem. We witnessed | | | | skipped coffee later on. |
| people in real danger.There is a product that you can | | | | One person in our group skipped some food and he |
| use for altitude sickness called:"Dymox". Better use it | | | | did not make the climb. |
| before you go to see what effect is has on you. We | | | | You will come back a different person.More fullfilled. |
| only took quarters of the pill once a day and still had | | | | I hope the article helped those of you who plan to |
| needles and pins in our finger tips for a minute or | | | | climb that magic mountain mount. Kilimanjaro. with the |
| two. There are side effect so use wisely. | | | | right guide you will hear some stories about the |
| In our daypacks was the obvious 3liter of | | | | mountain. |
| water.Please drink it all.It will be an advantage later | | | | The singing of the porters at night in the overnight |
| on. Then we had snacks. | | | | camps will be with me for a very long time. |
| The snacks was products form the #1 Company in | | | | I will miss the old lady. |