点评:Living in the foothills of Mt Kenya in Timau, I prepared physically and mentally for about a year. I thus got to know all the African Ascents guides very well and can honestly say they are the most professional and best organised of all the guiding options out there both for Point Lenana and a technical climb up Nelion and/or Batian. I was lucky to go up Nelion with Ciaran Brown who exuded confidence and experience. Unfortunately the assistant guide got HAPE at the top of Nelion so we didn't push on to Batian but the way the matter was dealt with demonstrates how professional African Ascents are. From the bottom of Nelion, the assistant guide was put on oxygen and stretchered to the road head from where he was taken to hospital in Nanyuki. By the time we caught up with him a day later, he had recovered. Contrast the above with the two unguided climbers who went off route up Nelion a few weeks after us - one of whom fell and died of her injuries.
翻译:我住在肯尼亚山山麓的蒂毛,为此进行了大约一年的身心准备。因此,我对所有非洲登山公司(African Ascents)的向导都非常熟悉,我可以毫不夸张地说,无论是攀登莱纳纳峰(Point Lenana),还是攀登内利翁峰(Nelion)或巴蒂安峰(Batian),他们都是所有向导公司中最专业、组织最完善的。我很幸运能和自信满满、经验丰富的基兰·布朗(Ciaran Brown)一起攀登内利翁峰。不幸的是,我们的助理向导在内利翁峰顶患上了高海拔肺水肿(HAPE),所以我们没能继续攀登巴蒂安峰。但非洲登山公司处理此事的方式充分展现了他们的专业水准。助理向导在内利翁峰脚下被戴上氧气面罩,用担架抬到公路尽头,然后被送往纳纽基(Nanyuki)的医院。一天后我们找到他时,他已经康复了。相比之下,几周后,有两名没有向导的登山者偏离路线攀登内利翁峰,其中一人坠落身亡。