BecomingX - Kilimanjaro Climbs

INCLUDES

• A high quality BecomingX fleece and buff
• A certificate signed by BecomingX Founder Bear Grylls
• 20% discount from Cotswolds Outdoors and Snow & Rock
• Hotel accommodation in Moshi for 3 nights (twin, B&B)
• Jeep or coach transport to and from the mountain gates
• National Park fees, camping fees and park rescue fees
• Park certified guides (ratio of 1:2 or 1:3 depending on number of climbers) and company representatives
• High altitude Guide and Adventure Alternative founder / MD Gavin Bate
• Porters and cooks, plus equipment and tents for them
• All camping equipment including sleeping tents with mattresses
• Expedition administrator, translator and Manager (Castro Capelo)
• Meals on the mountain – fresh food, 3 meals per day

EXCLUDES

• International airfare to Kilimanjaro Airport
• Airport transfers – $40 per vehicle one way (you can share with others on the team if you arrive together)
• Tanzanian Visa – $50 for most passports & $100 for USA citizens, purchased on arrival
• Vaccinations and anti-malarial tablets
• Travel insurance
• Lunches and dinners in Moshi
• Tips ~ £100 paid in local currency for distribution on the last day at exit gate

Travel Insurance

We advise you to take out travel insurance as soon as possible to cover potential events that might cause you to cancel your trip.

You need to ensure that you have a policy which covers trekking to 5895m, but it does not need to cover technical climbing. You should bring with you a copy of your policy and ensure your tent mate knows where you keep it. It is also worth bringing a photocopy of your passport and to keep it separate to your own documents just in case you lose your passport.

Local Providers

Local provider for this trip is our own local registered outfit Adventure Alternative Tanzania. We provide full employment for our subsidiary company alongside excellent rates of pay, equipment, training and career development.

BecomingX Foundation exists to achieve BecomingX’s mission in developing countries and under served communities. It is a charity founded on the belief that anyone, regardless of background or societal barriers, can achieve truly extraordinary things. It is focused on equipping people in disadvantaged communities with the skills and confidence to realise their full potential. Leveraging BecomingX’s education content, BecomingX Foundation aims to demystify what it takes to succeed and help people build practical, life changing skills such as confidence, determination, resilience and leadership. Fundraising is entirely optional, but we would be hugely grateful if you can support our efforts to create a better world. Any money you raise will:

• Help us customise and deliver education content in developing countries around the world – with the aim of helping millions of people to realise their potential
• Provide funding for the development of the school you will visit in Tanzania and their education programmes (with Moving Mountains)
• Help us support partner organisations who share our vision of a world where everyone can realise their potential

You will be given encouragement and support throughout and benefit from the experience of a team that has helped over 1,000 people fundraise for international challenge events. Your efforts will directly improve the skills, confidence and opportunities of others.

At 5,895m (19,341ft), Kilimanjaro stands as the highest freestanding mountain in the world and the tallest peak in Africa (one of the famous ‘seven summits’). Our 10 day itinerary includes 7 days climbing Kilimanjaro via one of three classic routes, providing wonderful views through the forest as we ascend up to the planets highest plateau and the iconic Uhuru Peak. The summit is reached after climbing through the night, and we’ll watch the sun rise over the African plains from the highest point on the continent. This is a tough challenge, but also an achievable and enjoyable one.

The experience will be enhanced by an opportunity to visit a local school, set up and built by Moving Mountains Trust and supported by the BecomingX Foundation. You will witness first-hand how your support can help build a future for people in developing countries.

Adventure Alternative has been running expeditions to Kilimanjaro for over two decades, and with its own company in Tanzania, they have a reputation for integrity and safe, successful trips. The summit success rate is 95%.

Unique to this climb of Kilimanjaro is the focus on helping you realise your potential. Through sharing the experiences of some of the highest profile adventurers in the world and by passing on our own experiences, we will prepare you mentally and physically, not just for Kilimanjaro, but for all of the challenges in life you take on. Before you leave, BecomingX founder Paul Gurney and our expedition lead Gavin Bate, will talk you through the expedition and start helping you to build the knowledge, determination and resilience you will need on the mountain. The sessions will be delivered over Skype (and in person from London) and are open to all participants around the world.

“Just wanted to drop you an email to say a HUGE thank you for the best week I’ve ever had. The entire trip was incredibly well organised from start to finish, and I always felt in such safe, experienced hands. The thought of summit night is still somewhat traumatic, but when I reflect on the week as whole, I feel incredibly proud and SO pleased I took the plunge and booked the trip all those months ago.”
(Kilimanjaro summitter, March 2018)

Paul Gurney – BecomingX founder      

Paul is the founder of BecomingX and works with some of the world’s most iconic and inspiring people to help understand what it really takes to succeed. He has

• Completed the Fire and Ice Challenge – the two ‘toughest races on earth’ in the same year – a 600km race to the North Pole (see photo) and a 270km race through the Sahara
• Run 100 miles in 24 hours, climbed 3 of the 7 summits (including Kilimanjaro three times), driven across 3 continents and independently travelled to ~130 countries
• Raised $5m for charity through extreme challenge events to date
• Presented to audiences around the world to help people realise their potential

Gavin Bate – Expedition lead

Gavin is the founder and MD of Adventure Alternative and an:

• International mountain leader with over 25 years of expedition experience and business coaching
• Summited the highest mountains on every continent (including 6 ascents of Everest, some alone and without oxygen)
• Led an expedition to walked to the magnetic North Pole
• Completed a 6-month solo and unsupported walk across the Sahara
• Summited Kilimanjaro over 50 times
• Founded and runs ‘Moving Mountains’ charity, focused on education, health and social welfare in east Africa and Nepal