Samson Lauwo the co-founder and the owner of Kilimanjaro Bound based in Moshi were born and brought up in Marangu Village at the foothills base of Mount Kilimanjaro: about 5km from the main entrance of Marangu gate and about 40km from Moshi Town. He was born to conquer the highest mountain of Kilimanjaro. Nature led him in this direction after the completion of his secondary education.
He made his first climbing just after he finished his secondary education at the age of 14 as an ordinary porter via Rongai route which took 6 days for summiting. It still throbs the heart when he recollects the challenges of his first climb. He was inexperienced and had less climbing gears that made the whole climb inexplicably painful. There were no enough tents for the crews. This compelled him to spend the windy and rainy nights in the cave, although that was prohibited. No enough food no shelter and it was raining all through the way.READ MORE
