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The Quietest Path To The Summit of Kilimanjaro

The Quietest Path To The Summit of Kilimanjaro

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It is the quietest route on the whole mountain, and the one with the very best chance of getting you to the top. In this episode of The Vertical Sky Journal, we walk the Northern Circuit, Kilimanjaro's longest and most remote path to the summit.

In this episode:

  • Why the Northern Circuit has the highest success rate of any route
  • The remote western start, and the swing around the quiet northern slopes
  • The big, empty views towards the plains that most climbers never see
  • Why more days on the mountain means better acclimatisation
  • The honest trade-off: the finest route on the mountain, if you can spare the time

Remote, peaceful and brilliantly paced for the summit, the Northern Circuit is the thinking climber's choice. Here is what it is really like, and who it suits best.

The Vertical Sky Journal is brought to you by Vertical Sky, an ethical Kilimanjaro climbing company that climbs the mountain the right way, looking after the guides and porters who make every summit possible.

Prefer to read? There is a full written companion to this episode over in our Journal at vertical-sky.com.

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