Tracking your friends and family as they climb Kilimanjaro
Choosing a Kilimanjaro operator
We understand that a very significant factor in the decision of many adventurers
to climb Kilimanjaro with us is that we control everything directly ourselves, not
relying on any middlemen or local tour operators to dilute the integrity of sometimes
very sensitive and specific information as it passes down through the chain of command.
Consequently, our climbers expect near-
The passage of information does not stop once the climber arrives on the ground. Rather, we continue to transmit pertinent information up and down our ranks once the climber is on site, so that those of our staff responsible for monitoring the progress and safety of each climber are always properly apprised, and are in position to communicate timely information and updates about each climber’s progress to any interested members of family, or to friends.
We have found that the most efficient and accurate (and also a very exciting) medium for passing on this information, is to publish live updates of each climb group as they progress towards Kilimanjaro’s summit, and down again.
The mapping feature below allows those who are interested to track the movement of all climbers who are climbing with us (unless they have asked for their movements to remain unpublished). We very much hope that you enjoy using it.
How to use our interactive Kilimanjaro Climber Tracking Map
1. Search the left hand column for the climb group that you wish to track.
Group names are derived from the first two letters of the first name and surname of the main correspondent that planned the climb with us on their group’s behalf. For example, John Smith and his three fellow climbers will be referred to as JOSM x 4. Click on the blue underlined title.
2. Use the Google Map zoom function pictured right.
Zoom in on the climbing group until you have the level of detail that you require.
3. The position of a climbing group is indicated by the icon representing two green coloured walkers.
Our climb coordinators receive SMS messages directly from the guide leading each trip. Bad weather and weak signal can prevent reception on same days. In this event, our coordinator will indicae that no message has been received, and will move the group’s icon to the location at which the group is expected to be.
4. If a viewer wishes to change the map view...
... so as to, for example, be able to study the shape of the ground and better understand the topography that the climbing group will be incorporating into their acclimatisation strategy, please toggle between ‘satellite’ and ‘terrain’ using the buttons at top right.
Note: on around 1 day in 3, poor signal prevents the sending of text messages from the mountain. Where this happens, ‘no news’ should be considered to be ‘good news’, as, if a medical emergency arises, we will be contacted via radio relay from one of the ranger’s huts and will post information advising friends and family to contact us directly for a more detailed report.
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