Hello and thank you for keeping Normande's memory alive by posting information about her climb six years ago.
My half brother is hiking in Ecuador and just posted a comment on his facebook page saying that 4600 metres gives you a real headache, "4600 metres ca donne mal a la tete!"
This intantly brought me back to the day I heard the news about Normande's passing away from a cerebral edema.
All I can think about is how unnecessary Normande's death was. Her husband Denis told me the guide kept telling her that if she could just throw up, she'd feel better after...
I'll never forget her.
Your site is very very infomative, and great.
Thank You for help!
Akos
Hungary
I must say that the information on your website are of great interest, especially the maps and GPS coordinates from the trip. Thank you!
All the best
/Marco (http://www.teamhyperactive.com/index_eng.php)
Hi,
I stumbled onto your site before my trip to Kilimanjaro.
I just came back from my climb (Rongai route). Made it to Uhuru Peak. I also booked with Zara. I wanted to post my thanks for an extremely informative site, especially your analysis of the Langevin tragedy. As a newbie climber, your site helped immensely with my trip preparation (and mental preparation).
I climbed Kili in Sept 2001 to raise money for Whizz-Kidz, it was my first trek of any description (unless you count Brecon Beacons!) and I made it to Gilmans Point.
Your site has brought back some wonderful (and some not so wonderful) memories.
Well done on your trip and your excellent website, you should be VERY proud!
Cheers
Nick
ps. Now I have the "bug" and have done Inca Trail to Macchu Pichu and next Feb will be going to Venezuela to attempt the Lost World Challenge, i have now raised over ?000 for charity.
Hi,
Thanks for an amazing website. We leave for Kili today to climb Kili on this very route.
Regards
I'm getting ready to climb the Shira route, starting in ten days, and found this to be one of the most informative and entertaining sites around! Thanks for putting this out on the net - us first-timers are very thirsty for knowledge!
Your site looks like a high quality to me.
It is one of most interesting i found.
I use it to seek info for my kilimanjaro project.
I enjoy GPS data sources and topo map we can see on it.
Also interesting with pohotos and videos.
Thx and have nice treks
Olivier from Paris
ok... this is simply too much advertising, over and over again. I'm afraid I'm only going to leave one of these posts. (and I'm being generous at that).
...Andrew
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