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About Mount Kilimanjaro

Lying only three degrees south of the Equator and over five thousand metres above sea level, the snow-capped Kilimanjaro is Africa’s highest and the world’s  highest fee-standing mountain. Kilimanjaro is notable for its dramatic geographical features as well as beautiful mountain vegetation, abundant bird life, and plentiful game. The mountain can be climbed at almost any time of the year although it is often wet in the rain forest zone during the rainy season in mid-March to May. The summit of Kilimanjaro can be conquered in a matter of 3 days climbing and 2 days descent by any reasonably fit person with the assistance of a guide and porters. The youngest person to have won this honour was an 11 years old, and the oldest to make the summit was 74.

ALTITUDE HAZARDS/CHANGES:

As you are ascending up the mountain, the oxygen in the air is decreasing, due to this, the shortage of oxygen in the blood result to difficulty in breathing hence you are advice to acclimatize to adapt to the altitude by ascending slowly and maintaining the pace , avoid exertion, breath regularly and deeply.
Altitude/Acute Mountain Sickness:Result as inability of human body to adjust to a rapid gain in altitude. Symptoms: loss of appetite, headache, nausea, vomiting, exhaustion, lassitude, weakness, a rapid pulse even at rest, insomnia, swelling of hands, face and reduced urine output. When symptoms exist stop ascending and descending to a lower altitude, drug DIAMOX help reduce the severity

Pneumonia: This is caused by the inflammation of the lungs. Symptoms: rise in temperature, pain in chest, shivering, rapid breath and dry cough sometimes with red mucus. Cure involves keeping the patient warm, getting him to lower altitudes, provide warm drinks and antibiotics, and by beating chest to encourage coughing.
NOTE: Avoid environmental pollution.

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