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- 38TH Year on Kilimanjaro - 48 Personal Climbs - Established Guide Course High Altitude First Responder - High Altitude Consultant & Trainer for US Army Special Forces - Member
WMS Int’l Society for Mountain
Medicine
Contractor - U.S. Department of Defense
High Altitude Trainer and Consultant for U.S. Army Special Forces
- 60% Of Tusker Income Spent in Tanzania - 2,275 Porters - 14 Professional Guides - 18 Moshi Operations Crew - Over 13,000 Tanzanian family members live on income earned from Tusker climbs
• . . .A walk in the park • A simple hike • No preparation needed • No consideration for altitude – 19,340 ft. • No regard for austere conditions
• Tusker Trail - 97% • Kilimanjaro Overall - 45%
Tusker Trail – 3% Kilimanjaro Overall - 55%
• Due to fast ascent (3.5 days) • Hypothermia prevalent • HAPE frequent • HACE common • Volume Shock extensive
• 1977 - Eddie Frank’s First Kilimanjaro Climb • His First Harsh Lesson in Preparedness
• He did minimal preparation • Hired a local guide with no knowledge • Wore cotton clothes, steel-toe work boots • At 24, he felt young and immortal • He believed the “KILIMANJARO MYTH”. . .
At 14,200 ft. they ran out of water
• At 3 a.m - 17,000 ft. encountered a blizzard • No visibility • Extremities numb • No knowledge of how to fix unfolding problems • The guide was lost
• 1 Personal Climb • 12 climbers • First year on Kilimanjaro
• 48 Personal Climbs • Over 6,000 Tusker Climbers • 37 Years on Kilimanjaro
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• Probability of Disaster – Low • Consequences of Disaster – High
• (Lesson = Prepare for Consequences)
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High Summit Success Minimal Risk of Accident
Experience - Safety – Comfort – Food
Safety – Comfort – Food
• 14 Highly Trained Expert Guides • 1,000 Kilimanjaro Climbers per Year
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HIGH ALTITUDE FIRST RESPONDER • 50-hour Annual Guide Medical Course • Designed by Eddie Frank • WFR level
--The Only Medical Course on Kilimanjaro – Vetted by Physicians
• Focus: High Altitude & Environmental
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HIGH ALTITUDE FIRST RESPONDER
• Massive investment of resources
• Pays off on every climb
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HIGH ALTITUDE FIRST RESPONDER • Most Highly Trained Guides on Kilimanjaro • Frequently Assist National Park Rescue • Often Perform Rescue for Other Outfitters
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Dr. Michael Callahan “This is Eddie’s Alpine Practice”
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Eddie Frank “I have turned local village guys into world-class mountain guides”
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Twice-daily Monitoring
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Guides Trained & Experienced In High Altitude Emergencies.
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Guides Drilled in Efficient Kilimanjaro-Specific Evacuation
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High-End Tusker Tested Gear
Tusker Chefs Trained by the Culinary Institute of America
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Three Hot Meals Served up Daily
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Morale Booster
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Porters “Serenedade” Climbers
Climbers “Serenade” Back
A Perfect Wilderness “Classroom”
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