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 Posted: Fri 21:38, 23 Aug 2013 Post subject: Deaths on Kilimanjaro Raise Concern About Porters |
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Deaths on Kilimanjaro Raise Concern About Porters Safety,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
Most tour-guide companies and independent climbers employ local porters to carry equipment and supplies up and down the mountain, often in ratios of three porters to every client. Many of the porters carry the gear in large sacks that they balance on their heads.
"Frequent mountain-goers remark that porters will hang anything from any part of their body," said Mark Jaffee, a filmmaker whose recent Kilimanjaro documentary,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Pol Pol Days of Heaven,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Days of Hell, chronicles his journey up the mountain.
In a region with an unemployment rate of 80 percent, porter jobs are in high demand. "In the morning,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], before parties take off,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it is not uncommon to see hundreds of young Chagga men standing behind the Machame or the Marungu entrance gates at the base of the mountain, waiting for a guide to grab him and hire him as his porter," said Jaffee.
Porters are usually paid from three to six dollars per day, although most make significantly more in tips. "There is no employment in Tanzania. $70 a day to be on Kilimanjaro, which encourages some trekkers to attempt the climb in as little as five or six days, increasing the likelihood of altitude sickness, Douglas charged.
"I don't object that the Tanzanians impose a fee understandable in such a poor country,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Douglas said last month in an interview. "I do have a problem with it being a daily rate because that's dangerous for porters and clients alike."
Douglas argues that those most at risk are climbers without high-altitude experience,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and he believes such climbers are attracted to Kilimanjaro in large numbers.
Yet the porters, Jaffee says,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], are often at greater risk than their clients. who have written policies on working conditions for porters and will only specifically work with ground operators that have clear guidelines for the treatment of their porters," said Barnett.
Tourism Concern receives numerous inquiries from people around the world who want to contribute clothing and money to help outfit porters properly for mountain conditions,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], according to Barnett.
A number of other organizations Himalayan Explorers Connection,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], International Porter Protection Group, Porters' Progress,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and South American Explorers Club also concerned with ensuring safe and humane working conditions for mountain porters.
Himalayan Explorers Connection,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], for example,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], began the Porter Assistance Project in Nepal in 2000. The project is being expanded to sites in Africa and Peru.
At Mount Kilimanjaro, the group plans to provide a supply of suitable clothing that porters can borrow for journeys up and down the mountain. The project is also organizing programs and classes for porters, guides,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], tour companies, and tourists on proper practices associated with mountain climbing.
"If we can get everyone educated, then people will be policing themselves making sure your porter is outfitted, paid properly, and has a place to sleep," said Ken Stober,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the group's development director.相关的主题文章：
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