What are some of your hygiene practices on the mountain?

There is always boiled and filtered drinking water for clients. Cooks always make sure the food is well cooked and utensils are sterilized with clean hot water before they are used. The mess tent is cleaned on a daily basis. Mess tents are solely reserved for clients’ use and we do not allow porters to sleep in them.

There are two types hygiene
Personal hygiene
Environmental hygiene

What is personal hygiene?

Good personal hygiene is one of the best ways to protect yourself from getting diseases or any other infectious diseases like cholera, making personal hygiene all the time can make you to be protected from diseases. Therefore you should wash your hands with soap. but also maintaining good personal hygiene will also help prevent you from spreading diseases to other people. COVID-19 is disease which spread through air so in case you maintain personal hygiene by wearing your clean face mask you will be able to protect yourself and to protect others from getting this disease.

Personal hygiene includes
Cleaning your body every day even twice per day
Washing your hands with soap after going to the toilet
Washing your hands before eating
Brushing your teeth

Covering your mouth and nose with a tissue or wearing face mask when sneezing or coughing this can help to protect you from air diseases. Washing your hands after doing any activities like handling animal pets, eating and so on

Hygiene on mountain

Camping hygiene, your porters they should ensure that the camp is maintained to hygiene. Porters are responsible to follow some basic common sense rules in order to make sure that they keep you safe at the mountain. Maintain Your Personal Hygiene on a Trek.

Trekking on the mountain is serious issues so every climber should remain hygiene in order to make success of summiting on mountain. All hikers including clients, guiders, assistant guiders, porters and staffs are responsible to leave trails and campgrounds exactly by follow the following six rules. Here are some simple ways to remain hygienic on a trek
Plan ahead and prepare
Travel and camp on durable surfaces
Dispose of waste properly
Leave what you find
Minimize campfire impacts
Respect wildfire

What can make me safe when hiking?

Use a Sponge brush The among of the personal equipments to carry on mountain including a small towel, sponge brush for washing your body. and the tower should be made by cotton. Don’t use one clothes per day To maintain personal hygiene also you should carry more clothes in order to change twice per day these clothes must involve underwear which should be changed third per time. therefore you should make sure to avoid trekking with your thermals.

Cut your nails before climbing Before you start your journey you should make sure that you cut your toe nails and your finger nails in order to protect yourself from getting foot injuries which may cause your nail to be removed. Care your foot you should make sure that you wash your legs before you put on your shoes each day because some legs produce bad smell and other get fingers fungus disease because of hot in shoes and don’t forget to apply some powder to reduce sweat and bad smell.

Maintain Oral Hygiene On Mount Kilimanjaro there is so cold so anyone should make sure to carry important personal equipment. Menstrual Hygiene This is always involve women’s who are trekking on mountain Kilimanjaro. it is advised to use menstrual cups and cloth pads as they are hygienic and reusable. But also you could use a tampon or a pad. Use Spoon While Eating There are some diseases which one could get when he/she eating so one should make sure to use a spoon while eating. This will protect someone from getting the risk of hands and mouth disease.

Note: porters are peoples who are responsible to ensure environment hygiene. They ensure camping hygiene including food hygiene and all important area like toilets, kitchen area and so on. Porters have other responsibilities on mountain as follow:-

What are the responsibilities of porters?

Carrying clients Luggage Porters usually carry clients and guides luggage that includes your camping gears including tents to portable toilets, clothing gears which including all your clothes that you will need on the your trip, and your hiking gears such as the hiking poles Setting Up Your Camp. Camps are the only way of making a shelter to rest. As the routes except the Marangu are camping routes without any other accommodations. Porters are not only responsible for carrying your luggage. They are the ones who usually set up your camps which involve the sleeping camps, toilet camps, and dining tents.

Arrange the Necessary Supplies All these work is done by porters because is their work which make them paid. Porters work towards making your trip successful one by dedicatedly working towards keeping you hydrated, food, shelter, and safe climbing. Assisting the Cook to Prepare Food Also porters they help the cooker for preparing food. Usually, cooks need someone to help for preparing food in big amount, and porters are the one who helps the cooks for making the food to get ready.

Carrying Equipment and Supplies Also they are responsible of carrying all important equipment each trek is different, but on average, it takes about 225 pounds of total luggage per trekker to get to Kilimanjaro peak and back. Making Camp Each Day Tent are secured by porters when they make a camp but also after the tents are broken down and packed away, porters often race ahead on the trail to secure the best spot at the next camp ground and to finish making camp before clients arrive. Supporting Mentally and Physically There are countless other things porters do during the trek to support you both physically and mentally. Porters make you to feel comfortable at all time on your trip.