Kilimanjaro Porters;
Your Porter will quite possibly become your best friend during your summit
attempt of the Great White Mountain. From the moment that one begins to
ascend the mighty form of Kilimanjaro, the importance of the native porters
will be apparent. Aside from carting the majority of climbers' supplies up
the mountain, porters also prepare wholesome meals and on the Machame Route
both erect and break down tented camps.
All workers on the mountain begin as porters. After three years of being a
porter, an individual may go on to become an assistant guide. Subsequent to
this they may go on to become Head Guides, by which time they will have
sufficient training to individually lead climbers safely up and down the
mountain should circumstances require it.
