Seven Climbs.
Seven Books.
Every expedition in the JR 7 Summits campaign becomes a book — the preparation, the route, the summit day and the lessons. Book One is out now.
Pole, Pole:
Six Days to Uhuru
Six days on the mountain. Five to the summit. One idea: slowly, slowly.
A first-time high-altitude climber. A six-day itinerary on a route most guides spread across eight. Odds of roughly 60% — against 90% for those who take their time. This is the story of why Jasur Mavlyanov took that calculated gamble on Mount Kilimanjaro — and what happened on the way to Uhuru Peak.
Told day by day, from the rainforest at Lemosho Gate to the midnight summit push through the arctic zone at 5,895 metres, Pole, Pole is about altitude, doubt and discipline — and why "slowly, slowly" wins on mountains the same way it wins in business.
What the Pages Hold
- The full six-day Lemosho account, day by day — rainforest, moorland, alpine desert, crater rim
- The midnight summit push to Uhuru Peak at 5,895 m, in the thin air and cold of the arctic zone
- Altitude, acclimatisation and the calculated gamble of a six-day itinerary
- Pole, pole — why "slowly, slowly" wins on mountains and in business
- Preparation: training in Hong Kong, the gear list and the mental checklist
- Photographs from the expedition, from Lemosho Gate to the glaciers
My body: still weak. The altitude hadn’t relented. My legs were heavy, my lungs were laboring, my fingers were reporting from somewhere distant and unreliable. None of that had changed.
But something else had.
One Book Per Summit
Seven mountains, seven books. Each one written after the climb — no summit, no book.
Expedition: August 2026 · The book comes back down with the climb
After the climb
After the climb
After the climb
After the climb
The last book of the series
Be First to Read the Next Chapter
The Elbrus expedition departs in August 2026. Follow along for the climb — and the book that comes back down with it.
The JR 7 Summits Library · One Climb · One Book