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Community.
A cohort model that begins months before the event and does not end when the participant leaves the mountain. People do not remember a course. They remember who they ran it with. We engineer that.
TanzaniaNovember 2027
A 120-kilometre ultra
around the base of
Kibo Cone.
The highest freestanding mountain on earth. A route that tests the complete athlete — altitude, terrain, solitude, architecture. Hard enough to matter, structured enough to be safe, beautiful enough that you will carry it for the rest of your life.
Distance
120km
Summit of Kibo
19,341ft
Athletes, Year One
100
The eventAround the mountain.
Around the mountain.
Around the complete athlete.
One hundred twenty kilometres around the base of Kibo Cone, staged over a multi-day format in the setting of the highest freestanding mountain on earth. Altitude. Terrain. Solitude. The architecture of the mountain itself.
Format
Multi-day
Terrain
Mixed · singletrack
Altitude band
1,800 – 4,200 m
Entry
By invitation
What every athlete receivesThree commitments.
Three commitments.
Non-negotiable, every year.
What the mountain asks of you is your effort. What we owe you, in return, is the rest of the experience — from your first email to the morning you fly home. Three commitments shape every hour of it.
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Concierge logistics.
From the first inquiry through return transport, the participant is handled. Flights, permits, gear, nutrition, acclimatization, medical, visas, ground logistics. The only variable the athlete manages is their own effort.
03
Premium hospitality.
Lodging, food, medical coverage, on-mountain support, recovery, photography. Somebody spent a great deal of attention making sure every hour of the trip was worth it.
Founder & CEODave Pickles.
Dave Pickles.
On the mountain since 1999.
Twenty-six years on Kilimanjaro. More than three thousand five hundred athletes led to the summit. Thirteen Guinness World Records in extreme altitude. The 120-kilometre route around Kibo Cone exists because Dave is one of the few people the Tanzanian park authorities trust to run it. He'll be at the start line in November 2027, and at every cup of tea between now and then.
The résumé isn't really why athletes come back. They come back because somewhere on the mountain — usually on day three, when the altitude starts to matter — Dave is the person who reads them, knows what they need, and adjusts the day so they finish stronger than they started. That part is hard to put on a website.
Years
26
Summits led
3,500+
Guinness records
13
You don't sign up for an ultra to be processed. You sign up to be known.
Host country rolloutTen places. One brand.
Ten places. One brand.
A decade of the greatest
climbs on earth.
Kilimanjaro is the first chapter, not the only one. One new place each year after, chosen the way Kilimanjaro was: a setting iconic enough to matter, hard enough to earn, and a ground team we already trust. A calendar worth a decade of return visits.
01
Tanzania
Kilimanjaro · Kibo Cone 120
19,341 ft
November 2027
02
Nepal
The Himalaya · EBC + Annapurna
17,598 ft
Apr–May · Oct–Nov
03
Morocco
The High Atlas · Toubkal + Sahara
13,671 ft
Mar–May · Sep–Nov
04
Iceland
Volcanic highlands · Hvannadalshnúkur
6,923 ft
Jun–Aug
05
Alaska
The Alaska Range · Denali-adjacent
20,310 ft
Jun–Aug
06
Canada
The Canadian Rockies · Mount Robson
12,972 ft
Jul–Sep
07
India
Ladakh · Indian Himalaya
17,582 ft
Jun–Sep
08
Antarctica
The continent · Vinson Massif
16,050 ft
Dec–Jan
09
Svalbard
The high Arctic · 78° North
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Feb–Apr
10
Oman
The Empty Quarter · Jebel Shams
9,928 ft
Nov–Feb
Dates beyond 2027 are indicative. Kibo adds one new place at a time, and only after the previous flagship has been delivered cleanly.
November 2027100 athletesThe 2027 cohort is by invitation.
The 2027 cohort is by invitation.
Start the conversation.
The first cohort is small by design. We open registration in stages so every athlete is known to the team — by name and by story — before the event begins. Tell us about yourself; we will be in touch.