The Best Guide To Rwenzori Acclimatization
The Best Acclimatization for Climbing Rwenzori
The best acclimatization guide for Mountain Rwenzori trekking tour is very simple. Take more time. It does cost more money each day you are on the mountain, but trust us, it makes all the difference. 6Summits offers the best advice & guide to plan your safari to Rwenzori Mountains National park for unique climbing experience, your summit is our ultimate goal as the local trekking company. Don’t miss check on the beginners guide to climb Rwenzori Mountains for planning tips and hiking notes.
The very best way to safely acclimatize on a Rwenzori climb is to choose a good route. A good route doesn’t take you up the mountain too quickly. It also includes at least one opportunity to ‘climb high, sleep low’. We explain what this means.
When you ascend too quickly into the thin air near the top of a great mountain like Rwenzori Mountains, your body reacts by developing altitude sickness.
Altitude sickness is an illness that can involve all sorts of nasties, like headaches, nausea and dizziness. At its meanest, altitude sickness can actually kill you. So how do you avoid getting altitude sickness? The answer is acclimatization.
The main reason so many Rwenzori trekkers – around 10% – don’t make it to the summit is that they climb the mountain too quickly, and develop altitude sickness.
Acclimatization is about letting your body adapt at a reasonable pace to the thinner air before taking it any higher.
There are 3 Rwenzori routes, and some offer better acclimatization than others. You therefore want to choose a route that offers adequate acclimatization and we recommend the Rwenzori central circuit route to all our clients because it will give you all chances to reach the summit
- Rwenzori Mountain National park can be visited at any time of the year. June, July, August, September, October, December, January, February and March
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