I want to be careful about how I frame this because I am not a therapist and the mountain is not a cure. What I can tell you is that Kilimanjaro did something for my mental health that twenty years of managing depression with medication and therapy had not managed to do. And there is science behind why that might be true.

A responsible operator does not send one guide with ten climbers. The guide ratio matters enormously. At Vertical Sky, our lead guide is supported by assistant guides in a ratio that ensures every climber is properly supervised throughout the expedition.

Every year, tens of thousands of climbers summit Kilimanjaro. The porters who made it possible carry the next group up the mountain. This blog is about them.

Everyone knows Kilimanjaro is 5,895 metres tall. These are the facts that are not on the poster, the magma 400 metres below the summit, the crater dimensions, the 1912 ski descent and the real reason the glaciers are disappearing.

The most effective CSR is woven into something a company actually does — not declared in a report. A Kilimanjaro expedition with Vertical Sky is exactly this. Here is why it matters more now than ever.

How long does Kilimanjaro take? The answer depends on your route and getting it right is the single biggest factor in whether you reach the summit.

I'll tell you the exact moment I knew the expedition had worked. It was day seven, summit night, 1am, at 5,200 metres — and my leadership team did something that had never happened in our offices. The mountain made it happen.

A Kilimanjaro expedition is not just an adventure. It is one of the most powerful answers a student can give to UCAS Question 3 — and the qualities it demonstrates are exactly what the most competitive universities are selecting for.

A rush of excitement so powerful I actually punched the air in my kitchen. And then, approximately four seconds later, a wave of absolute terror that made me sit down and stare at the wall for a good three minutes.

The best team-building experiences don't happen in conference rooms. They happen at 5,895 metres, where the air is thin, the summit feels impossibly far away, and the only thing that gets your team to the top is each other. A Kilimanjaro corporate expedition with Vertical Sky isn't an away day, it's the experience your team will define themselves by for the rest of their careers.