Young people around the age of 16 or older will have the adventure of a lifetime. I can't think of a better learning and life experience for a young person. Ershler From Eric Simonson International Mountain Guides has eight Kilimanjaro expeditions scheduled for year 2001. There are a lot of companies offering Kilimanjaro climbs, and everybody does it differently. Kili, while non-technical, is VERY HIGH and must be taken seriously.
Climbers are very much at health risk from the altitude.
A couple hours in the bag can turn around Acute Mountain Sickness before it forces you down or becomes life threatening. Our climbs are led by me personally or by one of my Expedition 8000 guides. These include Greg Wilson, Craig John, Tap Richards, and Alex Van Steen. They all are Senior guides at Mt. Rainier and Alaskan, Himalayan, and Kili veterans. We have a first class staff of African guides and porters, all local people from the Chagga tribe, who live at the base of Kili.