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Creation date: Apr 21, 2026 1:45am     Last modified date: Apr 21, 2026 1:45am   Last visit date: Apr 25, 2026 8:54am
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Apr 21, 2026  ( 1 post )  
4/21/2026
1:45am
Sofi Zorin (sofizorin967)

I am a 62-year-old trekker, not a hardcore mountaineer. I went to Kilimanjaro because it was on my bucket list, and I thought the hardest part would be the altitude. Instead, on day three, I slipped on a scree slope and dislocated my knee. The pain was blinding. My porter and guide fashioned a splint from trekking poles, but I couldn't walk. The mountain rescue team arrived after four hours, but they refused to carry me down without proof of insurance that covered 'high-altitude evacuation above 4,000 meters.' I showed them my phone – the policy from Sport Travelling https://sportravelling.com/mountaineering/ that my daughter had bought for me as a birthday gift. They made a quick call, confirmed coverage, and a stretcher team carried me down over two days. The hospital in Moshi treated the dislocation and a stress fracture I didn't even know I had. Total cost: $11,500. My out-of-pocket: zero. The link is https://sportravelling.com/mountaineering/ – buy it for your parents, even if they say they don't need it.