点评:Climbing Mount Kenya was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I can highly recommend the 5 day Chogoria to Simiron route so you have can appreciate the beautiful landscape better (after summiting fatigue sets in and it’s harder to appreciate your surroundings).
Make sure you do everything you can to maximise your chances of success: take mountain sickness prevention medication (it’s better to take it and know you did everything you could), take simple pain relief for the headaches, pack the right layers (layers=air trapping=warmth) on the kit list, do some physical training for a month beforehand and (if you can) acclimatise in Nairobi or higher for a few days before the trip starts. Most of all set your mindset: broken sleep at -5C, with a headache and a cocktail of medication on board when you can’t breathe well is not easy but if you expect a struggle you’ll enjoy the process of digging deep!
For the 5 days on the mountain the Ahambi team become your family and extended life support. The extensive expertise and judgement of the guide (Patrick) will advise on layers to wear each day, keep you safe if you get ill and - if you can manage to keep pace - will get you to the summit ahead of queues if the mountain is busy. The support staff are also superhuman; they carry jaw-dropping loads, feed you great mountain food and I keep expecting someone to appear with handwashing equipment at meal times! They truly went the extra mile by lending me a power cable to charge my headtorch. Even the Ahambi driver excels: we stopped off at a great place for coffee/breakfast at the start and day 1.
翻译:攀登肯尼亚山是我做过的最棒的决定之一。我强烈推荐从乔戈里亚 (Chogoria) 到西米隆 (Simiron) 的五日路线,这样你才能更好地欣赏沿途的壮丽景色(登顶后,疲惫感会袭来,难以集中精力欣赏周围的一切)。
务必尽一切努力提高成功率:服用预防高原反应的药物(最好服用,这样你就知道已经尽力了),携带一些简单的止痛药来缓解头痛,在装备清单上列出合适的衣物(多层衣物=空气阻隔=保暖),提前一个月进行一些体能训练,如果可以的话,在行程开始前在内罗毕或更高海拔地区进行几天的适应性训练。最重要的是调整心态:在零下5摄氏度的低温下,睡眠断断续续,头痛难忍,还要服用各种药物,呼吸困难,这绝非易事,但如果你预料到会遇到挑战,你就会享受挑战自我的过程!
在山上的五天里,阿汉比 (Ahambi) 团队就像你的家人一样,为你提供全方位的支持。经验丰富的向导(帕特里克)会根据你的专业知识和判断力,每天为你推荐合适的衣物,并在你生病时提供保障。如果你能跟上他的步伐,即使山上人很多,他也能带你抢在其他人之前登顶。后勤人员也超级棒,他们能搬运惊人的物资,为你准备美味的山地餐食,而且我总觉得他们会在用餐时间突然出现,递上洗手用品!他们甚至还借给我一根电源线给我的头灯充电,真是太贴心了。就连阿哈姆比的司机也做得非常出色:我们在出发点和第一天都停在一个很棒的地方喝咖啡/吃早餐。