01
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.
The core customer, from day one, is the affluent, ambitious amateur — the operator or entrepreneur who is already fit, already trains, and is explicitly looking for an experience that will change them. They pay five-figure sums for lesser experiences routinely. We give them a better one.
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.
These are not marketing claims. They are what every participant receives at every price point, every year, without exception. They are how we define the standard of the brand, beginning with the first event.
02
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 people led to the summit. Thirteen Guinness World Records in extreme altitude sports. Exclusive course rights for the Kilimanjaro 120. One of a very small number of humans whom TANAPA and Tanzanian government officials treat as a counterparty rather than a tourist.
More important than the résumé: Dave is the kind of CEO this business requires. Credible to athletes, credible to sponsors, calm on the mountain. Kibo is built to free him to lead — the vision, the standard of experience, the human texture that makes the brand premium.
Years
26
Summits led
3,500+
Guinness records
13
Athletes at this price point do not pay to be processed. They pay to be known.
Host country rolloutTen places. One brand.
Ten places. One brand.
A decade of the greatest
climbs on earth.
Kilimanjaro is the clearest expression of what the brand stands for. Everything downstream of the flagship inherits that standard. If the next experience isn't iconic, isn't hard to copy, and isn't clearly better than what the category offers today, we don't build it.
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
—
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.
Year One is deliberately small. We open registration in stages, in cohorts, so every athlete is known to the team before the event begins. Tell us about yourself — we will be in touch.