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Tap a session to log it. Ten seconds. Rest days count: never train through injury or illness. Change pathway

Earned for preparation and consistency, never for speed. Only you see these.

A 5 to 6 hour hilly hike with a loaded pack on two consecutive days, plus 45 to 60 minutes of steady cardio, three weeks out. If you are not sure, tell us. Honesty in November beats struggle in January.

What matters most, in order: time on your feet, downhill legs, a back that can carry a daypack, a slow steady aerobic engine, recovery. What does not matter: running, being lean, lifting heavy, altitude tents.

1. New boots. Break them in over 40 kilometres or more, including a long descent.
2. Gym only, no hiking. The mountain is walking. Do the long walks.
3. Untested kit. Sleep in the bag, walk in the rain in the shell, open a snack bar in mittens.
4. Arriving tired. No big session in the last ten days. Land a day early if you can.
5. Hiding how you feel. Tell the guide early, not when it becomes serious.

If you are injured or unwell, stop the plan and speak to your doctor. This app never replaces that conversation.

Passport, cash, medication, boots, power banks, camera, head torch, glasses, and one full set of mountain clothes in your daypack on the plane. Never in checked baggage. Bags get lost; you still start the mountain.

Sleeping bag, mattress, mittens, duffel, gaiters, poles. Reserve early; supply in Tanzania is limited. 2027 prices arrive in the upgrades email from Rahhalah. To be confirmed

Leave at home: cotton, jeans, hard suitcases, drones, plastic bags, jewellery, a full pharmacy, the third fleece. Weight limit 15 kg in the duffel.

Altitudes and distances are indicative. Rahhalah confirms them at the December briefing.

Eighty nine real questions

From fifteen years of Rise to Success climbers. Short answers on purpose; the Manual has the detail.

Documents open in Google Drive. Save them to your phone before you fly; there is no signal on the mountain.

1. Kosovo Camp, Day 6: lay out every layer, fill the insulated bottle, snacks in inner pockets, hand warmers cracked at dinner, bed by 7:00.
2. Late evening: woken with tea. Dress in the bag. Boots last. Head torch on before you unzip.
3. Around midnight: out under the full moon. A line of head torches up the scree. Absurdly slow. Exactly right.
4. Midnight to 3:00: step, breathe, step. Sip every twenty minutes, nibble every hour, wiggle fingers and toes at every stop.
5. 3:00 to 5:00: the low point. It is blood sugar and cold, not your limit. Eat something sweet. One more step.
6. Wanting to quit is not a reason to turn around; confusion, stumbling or breathlessness at rest is. The guide knows the difference. Tell them either way.
7. Around 5:00 to 6:00: Stella Point on the crater rim as the sky pales. Hot tea. Ten minutes.
8. 6:00 to 7:00: the rim to Uhuru. Glaciers glowing, sun over Mawenzi, moon setting. Photos, tears, twenty minutes.
9. Descent to Kosovo on scree: poles, heel lock, short steps. Lunch, rest, then down to Millennium and the best dinner of the week.
10. At 3:17 that afternoon the moon becomes precisely full while you walk down through the clouds.

Timings are from previous years. We will confirm the 2027 plan at the December briefing. The guides' decisions on the mountain are final, and always about your safety.

Emanuel's film team documents the journey. Your choice here is recorded with a date. Nobody is filmed in a vulnerable moment without asking first.

One line, from you to them. It appears on their Today screen. No replies, no thread; WhatsApp does that.

Somewhere above Shira the crew will sing you "Jambo Bwana". Learn it before you go: listen here. By summit night you will know every word.

Status reflects training logs, not medical clearance. Rahhalah confirms insurance, medical and payment. Journals, backpack, check ins and how a session felt are never visible here.

Week questions and practices come from Joe's journal and are fixed in the app. Titles and intro lines are editable here.