gustav316 t1_j4o3y0l wrote on January 17, 2023 at 2:02 AM

Reply to comment by AnthillOmbudsman in TIL Porters bringing tourists up 5,895m high Mt Kilimanjaro experience health issues caused by high altitude sickness. Their wages are fixed at $10 a day (some paid $6), while carrying 20 kilograms of baggage and camping gearing on the head by Ok_Copy5217

I did it in two tranches for that reason and did the second one in private where as the first part I paid with everyone else at the standard rate.

gustav316 t1_j4nsf4x wrote on January 17, 2023 at 12:39 AM

Reply to comment by hastur777 in TIL Porters bringing tourists up 5,895m high Mt Kilimanjaro experience health issues caused by high altitude sickness. Their wages are fixed at $10 a day (some paid $6), while carrying 20 kilograms of baggage and camping gearing on the head by Ok_Copy5217

Yes, they were fantastic and there were two of us. I have no regrets about it and they deserved it.

gustav316 t1_j4nmnbl wrote on January 16, 2023 at 11:58 PM

Reply to TIL Porters bringing tourists up 5,895m high Mt Kilimanjaro experience health issues caused by high altitude sickness. Their wages are fixed at $10 a day (some paid $6), while carrying 20 kilograms of baggage and camping gearing on the head by Ok_Copy5217

These people are absolute beasts. We tipped our guys like $500, probably like 3x the recommended amount at the time because of how incredible they were. But yeah, only take trips with companies that are part of th porters union that agree to minimum pay and standards.