Sunday, May 5, 2019

A Girl with an ambition to go on solo Kilimanjaro Trek to became Mountaineer

          " GIRIKANYA"  (गिरीकन्या ) is the Marathi word as itself describes about the girl who Passionate to climb a Mountain. 

This blog is about A Girl with an Ambition to travel on solo trip to became Mountaineer. This all blog info collected from Mountainer Anuradha Mohan Kajale , Thanks to for sharing All the details.


Mount Kilimanjaro
          
       Anuradha , by professional she is Teacher in ZP School located in Solapur, Maharashtra India. She is married women born in 1977 and now recently 2016 onwards she did all of this trek and proven that " age is just number" when hobby becomes a passion for life.  As per I knows her journey  is started in 2016 with Swargrohini(INDIA) trek solo trip and now she became the first ZP teacher to reach at top of Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) which is highest mountain in the Africa . 

   As I know in the today's digital world its trend to visit multiple places by sightseeing and doing online booking with all the amenities. GIRIKANYA is also passionate about the tour but its solo trip and adventures trip not only at known and unknown places but at the places which are really adventures where need more Passion and Patience for normal tourist.
          
    After Shivya Nath from The Shooting Star , who describes about her in blog that At age 23, she left corporate job to travel the world and in 2013 she sold all belonging to seeking adventures and ranks under top bloggers in INDIA and now Anuradha the GIRIKANYA also becoming Mountaineer without disturbing her Professional and Personal life ,its very great example for all of us . This 2 examples teach us that nothing is impossible in life when your hobby becomes a passion and next target for GIRIKANYA is looking to Climb the Mount Everest which in the highest mountain in the world.  

By reading this page will suggest you that take a challenge yourself to become a mountaineer.    

Lets have some more details about her Kilimanjaro Trek which will be helpful for you as well to becoming a Mountaineer .

Trek : Kilimajaro 

Country : Tanzania 

Continent : Africa




Mount Kilimanjaro : As per Wikipedia
Mount Kilimanjaro or just Kilimanjaro ( /ˌkɪlɪmənˈɑːr/),[8] with its three volcanic cones, "Kibo", "Mawenzi", and "Shira", is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It is the highest mountain in Africa, with its summit about 4,900 metres (16,100 ft) from its base, and 5,895 metres (19,341 ft) above sea level. The first people known to have reached the summit of the mountain were Hans Meyer and Ludwig Purtscheller, in 1889. The mountain is part of Kilimanjaro National Park and is a major climbing destination. The mountain has been the subject of many scientific studies because of its shrinking glaciers and disappearing ice fields.




Getting a completion certificate after the trek
Preparation : Daily walk about 6 km needed for this trek, regular trekking activities must to have. At the start of trek itself dont look and high altitude and no of days. If you have right level of preparation then believes Kilimanjaro can be safely trek for all age of groups 

Altitude : 5895 m (19341 ft) from sea level

Experience of trek : Guide is must to have for this trek and need too much of practice before start. If you have the confidence and spirituality than noting is impossible. After 3 rd day of trek its very challenging and even consumption of water also sometimes not easy, will suffer from omitting due to high elevation. As temperature very low and must to have warm cloths, walking with all this is very challenging in day and night with sudden hail rain get starts any time during trek. If hail rain was continuous than need to walk in opposite way. If you are travelling from India than need to change the flight from Addis Ababa from Ethiopia. Once you will reach at Kilimanjaro than airport authority will check the yellow fever card and need to stand in queue for visa on arrival. Always greet with smile when you are in Africa and say , Hello, How are you. Good hotels are available in Kilimanjaro. 

     Anuradha did trek in month of winter and its very difficult and challenging in this season. Book your flights at least minimum 1 month prior to your trek. She started her trek from Marangu route from National park and in between seen the people who stay in there and children who goes daily from same route to school. Everywhere registration desk are made for registration and passport no is mandatory. Her trek duration around 3 days and need to walk and stay in forest its very amazing and its first time for her out side of India. Guide was there all time and he conveys all information about the forest , first time learnt about the xmas tree which known to her as GULMOHAR .Its very diffcult while walking with 2 kg of hiking shoe and use of head light during the night. Finally its end of our 1st day and completion of around 8km and reached at Mandara hut  which is around in between half elevation of Kilimanjaro. At that night only ate the cooked warm fruits and black coffee. Next morning again started with warm coffee and today's challenge is about 12km , elevation 12220 ft at and need to stay at Honombo hut. Kilimanjaro surrounding scenery is very beautiful and its like same which we see in the movies. Next day is very difficult and most of the trekker will not complete the trek due to high elevation and fitness. She also suffered from the omitting and cant digest the even water but by keeping the positive attitude towards the destiny achieved the final destination. Scroll down to see the summit.   

Visa : On arrival for Indian passport holders 

Best month for trek : Jan/Feb or Aug/Sep ( Sep/Dec/Jan : peak season of Kilimanjaro)

Vaccination : Yellow fever must to have, available in all major cities.  

Quotations : Lot of travel partner are available for this kind of trek check with the quote before start 

Nearest Airport (Traveler from India, Europe) : Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA)Option available and most of the people chose this airport. 

Equipment : If you booked your trip from the operator than all equipment they will arrange like gear for rent, sleeping bags , down jackets etc. Still you will need very good quality, thermal cloths, gloves, hat. sunglasses, sunscreen, rainy suits, hiking boot, water bottle etc.

Summit of Kilimanjaro : When Anuradha reached at top of Kilimanjaro and loudly spread the beautiful words "BHARAT MATA KI JAY" by holding the flag of INDIA, that time its very proud moment for her.

गिरीकन्या Anuradha Mohan Kajale 
Trek duration : 5 to 8 days (depend on routes)   

Routes : 5 to 6 routes are there to trek , not according to cost, duration and scenery but its as per level of difficulty.  

Route took by trekker : Depends on your choice and success rate you can choose.

Temperature of Kilimanjaro: Lowest -15 and highest is 33 deg Celsius

DO PROPER RESEARCH AND REACH OUT TO TRAVEL GUIDES FOR THIS KIND OF TREKS. 

Thanks again to गिरीकन्या Anuradha Mohan Kajale for sharing your experience with my blog. If you like the blog than kindly like, share, comment and subscribe to get more details. 

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