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Why you MUST be honest with your guide about your physical condition and follow his safety instructions

Climbing Kilimanjaro is a strenuous and potentially hazardous activity, including risks associated with high altitude. Your guide’s primary responsibility is to ensure that you are safe and healthy during your trek.

A large number of emergency evacuations on Mount Kilimanjaro are attributed to incidents when climbers push themselves too far to summit by all means and therefore are dishonest with their guides about their physical condition.

It is important that you are always honest with your guide about your physical condition and that you inform him if you are unwell. You must follow your guide’s instructions at all times, especially when instructed to descend as it will only ever be in the interests of your health and safety.

Always remember—summiting is optional, coming back down safely is mandatory.