Tips for Climbing "Kamal" Peak
- At 3,750 meters, one and a half liters of water weigh one and a half million tons. Multiply the weight of the things you will carry by 10 and see if you can handle it.
- Due to very soft soil on the ascent, forget about climbing without trekking poles.
- At that altitude, regular lighters don’t work. Bring matches or a windproof lighter if you intend to light a stove or a cigarette.
- If you don’t want the sun to "mock" you, take sunscreen seriously.
- Regardless of the warmth at the mountain base, be prepared for wind and extreme cold at the summit.
- Things that seem useful will probably end up being useless.
- For some unknown reason, at that altitude, any fruit tastes ten times better than at the base.
- Due to the steep slope, the only way to ascend for people like me, and probably you, is zigzagging. Leave acrobatics aside.
- When you reach the summit, say hello from me to the three dervishes and the desert (or mountain) rat that ate our flowers.
- On the descent, instead of walking, you can sandboard and cover the remaining distance in just a few minutes.
- Sandboarding, due to the risk of falling into a ravine, requires both a thrill-seeker’s courage and two of these.
- On the way back, dip your feet in the "Ghooch" lake to let its unusual cold snap you back to reality.
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