WHAT TO WEAR ON KILIMANJARO

Assuming your goal is to reach more than just the snows of Kilimanjaro, however, you will need to make sure you (and indeed your porters) are appropriately attired for the extreme conditions.

The fact that you will be paying porters to carry your rucksack does, to some degree, make packing simpler - allowing you to concentrate on warmth rather than weight.

However, packing for warmth does not mean packing lots of big jumpers. The secret to staying warm is to wear lots of layers. Not only does this actually make you warmer than if you just had one single, thick layer - the air trapped between the layers heats up and acts as insulation - but it also means you can peel off the layers one by one when you get too warm, and put them on again one by one when the temperatures drop.