2. - 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

3. Contractor - U.S. Department of Defense
High Altitude Trainer and Consultant for
U.S. Army Special Forces

4. - 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

5. • . . .A walk in the park
• A simple hike
• No preparation needed
• No consideration for altitude – 19,340 ft.
• No regard for austere conditions

6. • Tusker Trail - 97%
• Kilimanjaro Overall - 45%

7. Tusker Trail – 3%
Kilimanjaro Overall - 55%
• Due to fast ascent (3.5 days)
• Hypothermia prevalent
• HAPE frequent
• HACE common
• Volume Shock extensive

8. • 1977 - Eddie Frank’s First Kilimanjaro Climb
• His First Harsh Lesson in Preparedness

9. • 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”. . .

10. At 14,200 ft. they ran out of water

11. • 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

12. • 1 Personal Climb
• 12 climbers
• First year on Kilimanjaro

13. • 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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18. High Summit Success
Minimal Risk of Accident

19. Experience - Safety – Comfort – Food

20. 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

30. 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

34. Climbers “Serenade” Back

35. A Perfect Wilderness
“Classroom”

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