Edmund Hilary

[David Cowan]

Have any famous climbers failed in their attempt to climb Kilimanjaro - if so, why ?  I have been told that Edmund  Hilary failed before going on to conquer Everest ?
Is this true ?

[Ron]

Ofcourse people get in to trouble b/c its an "easy" mountain...so they go up much to quick and get sick.

I have no idea if sir hillary had trouble but it could well have been so....i shall look into it when i have the time.
As on all big mountains..take it easy and take your time.On Kili it should not be a problem to summit then. just take 7 days instead of the usual 5...50% doenst make it b/c of that short acclimatisation.

[trunl]

edmund hillary failed b/c he broke or twisted (i couldnt find out wich) his ankle about midway up the mountain.