> To enjoy the climb, get fit. Daily running is best.
> I have climbed Mt Kenya when unfit and when fit, I highly recommend getting
> fit (and not just for the climb...)
>

+1

It will be a miserable experience if you run out of air easily.  Make sure you can run at least at 5 miles an hour without struggling to breath.

Walk / run alot. If you are not used to walking long distance, your legs will pain easily due to lactic acid on the muscles. If working out is a long lived thing in your daily habit, your muscles have learned to deal with it and you will have a pleasant time.

Get a winter shoe and wear it till it get comfortable. Nothing horrible as taking a long walk in a shoe you have yet to break into.

Wear warm water proof clothes.  The place rain a lot and its miserable to be cold and wet

Happy hiking!

Muriithi
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> > what to do and not do or have?
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> Trying talk to the excursion operators which will give you a checklist and
> advice on what to buy or hire.  Getting fit will be compulsory.  This is
> also the wrong season for that.
>  On 3 Feb 2014 15:41, "Gichingiri Kuria" <gmail@gichingiri.com> wrote:
>
> > To enjoy the climb, get fit. Daily running is best.
> > I have climbed Mt Kenya when unfit and when fit, I highly recommend
> > getting fit (and not just for the climb...)
> >
> >
> > On 3 February 2014 15:35, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear skunks,
> >> Has anyone here climbed Mt. Kenya and can provide practical suggestions
> >> on what to do and not do or have?
> >>
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