Kilimanjaro via the Marangu Route: "Tourist Route" My Ass | 
 enlarge | Author: Phil Gray
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $9.95
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 320222
Media: Paperback
Edition: 0
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 54
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.3
ISBN: 059541625X
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9780595416257
ASIN: 059541625X
Publication Date: October 25, 2006
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Product Description
I needed a break. I needed an off-the-wall dalliance An all-boys adventure in a faraway land. An adventure far away from telephones and faxes and lawyers. An adventure with an abundance of humor, serious physical exertion, and danger nominally short of life-threatening. After a little research and a few phone calls, I decided that a climb to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, with four friends, via the Tourist Route, would fit the bill. In this book, the author tell the story of the climbfour days up, and two days downwith a humorous yet sensitive slant, describing the perils of altitude, the vicissitudes of Mother Nature, the enjoyment of multi-generational and multi-ethnic collaboration, the travails of disappointment, and the exhilaration of success. And where it suits his fancyand does no harm to accuracyhe embellishes an observation or encounter to illuminate the pure joy of the experience. After all, it was about good fun, and the telling of it should be too.
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Kibo's physical and mental demands August 29, 2008
This IS the best book I've read on my mental prep for Kilimanjaro. Funny at times - a bit of laugh-out-loud toilet humor - but serious about what you experience during summit day. The author is descriptively succinct about the attempt in his short, easy to read publication.
A Friend Helping me to Understand March 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A friend of mine wanted me to read this book so he let me borrow his version. He plans to go to Africa soon and climb Kilimanjaro and wanted me to know something about the experience. He couldn't have chosen a better book for this purpose. I loved the light humor, but also came away from the reading of this book with a deeper respect for those who are willing to take on this challenge. My comment to my friend was: "I think I would be dead if I tried to hike up that mountain"! The book is short and to the point, humorous, and the perfect book to share with a friend so they can better understand the experience. It's kind of written as though it was taken right out of the man's hiking journal (and probably was) so it's not a study in English grammar, but it was a joy to read. After reading my friend's copy, I came home, went online to Amazon and bought the book so my family could also enjoy it.
Can altitude sickness be funny? September 18, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am planning a trip to Kenya, and my friends are pushing me to join them when they hike Mt Kili. I bought all the technical books and felt I still didn't understand if this was right for me. After reading this book I've developed a new respect for individuals who push their limits for the sake of personal desire, not to prove they are tough or adventurous. I also developed a new respect for the term 'comic relief' -- it pointed out how dangerous this can be and in very memorable way prepared me better than a list of required gear. The author has a clever ability to bring humor to the potential dangers of this hike. This is a refreshing and honest funny voice. I enjoyed the book and highly recommend it.
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