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"Tusker's guides showed incredible devotion to making sure everyone made it to the summit."
Steven B.
Texas, USA
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Before you join a climb it is important to know how (and if) your climbing company has prepared for your rescue, evacuation and medical treatment. During your climb to extreme altitude, you may have an emergency, and may require a hasty evacuation. When your life is at stake, you need know that you can rely on your climbing outfit to get you down the mountain as safely and as fast as possible.
On Kilimanjaro there is no 911. There are no helicopters. All companies on Kilimanjaro rely on the National Park rescue service to send up a rescue team. We all pay dearly for this service. Tusker Trail has found the park service to be very unreliable. On one occasion, they did not even show up in time to assist us with an emergency rescue. So we have developed our own rescue procedure with our own professionally trained guides. Here's how it goes.
Two medically certified Tusker Trail guides lead each of our climbs with two or more clients. So, if you have to be evacuated, a medically trained guide, not just a porter, will take you down the mountain. Also, in the event you cannot walk down, you will be transported in a portable stretcher, custom-designed by Eddie Frank (patent pending). This is the safest and fastest way to be evacuated down Kilimanjaro. Your guide will then contact our base to ensure that a vehicle is waiting for you at the gate. If you need emergency medical care, you will be taken immediately to the hospital.
Also, if you are forced to descend the mountain for non-emergency medical reasons, we have a medical doctor on call to examine you if you choose.
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Tusker's Rescue System