- 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

Contractor - U.S. Department of Defense

High Altitude Trainer and Consultant for U.S. Army Special Forces

- 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

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

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

Tusker Trail – 3% Kilimanjaro Overall - 55%

• Due to fast ascent (3.5 days) • Hypothermia prevalent • HAPE frequent • HACE common • Volume Shock extensive

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

• 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”. . .

At 14,200 ft. they ran out of water

• 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

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

• 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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High Summit Success Minimal Risk of Accident

Experience - Safety – Comfort – Food

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

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

Climbers “Serenade” Back

A Perfect Wilderness “Classroom”

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