Feb 9, 2017

Kilimanjaro Fastest Ascent Record

The highest mountain in Africa, Mt. Kilimanjaro is not so difficult.  Thousands of people come to ascend every year.  Normally, it takes 6 days to ascend and 1 day to descend the mountain.  Package tours are available with tour guides, porters, and a cook for you.  I wish to climb it and see its beautiful landscape someday in my life.

Kilian Journet, a Spanish ski mountaineer and long-distance runner, ascended and descended in 7 hours and 14 minutes in 2010.  It was really unbelievable, and it had been world record.




However, I didn't know that his world record was broken by Swiss veteran mountain guide, Karl Egloff, who ascended and descended in 6 hours, 42 minutes and 24 seconds!

SWISS SETS NEW KILIMANJARO FASTEST ASCENT AND DESCENT RECORD



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