The organisation prior to travel via WhatsApp was very responsive and any questions (I always have loads) were answered promptly, which I found great! The itinerary was concise and our main guide was a skilled and experienced Alpinest, as I believe was the 2nd guide who joined our team of 3 the night before the summit attempt.The only vaguely questionable points I would mention would be the following;1. Fitness Level: All 3 of us on the trip had done the UK 3 peaks in 24 hrs & Kilimanjaro, with the other 2 also having summitted Mount Toubkal and hiked to Everest Base camp. I had practiced indoor rock climbing, ran UTS and many trail ultras within the year but nothing bar actual alpine climbing or mountaineering I feel would have been sufficient preparation training for MB. - It's only my opinion, but I think this should be advised in the initial documentation, that other alpine mountains of a similar altitude be attempted/completed first.Admittedly, we did a 'warm up' mountain of Tete Blanche a couple of days before, which for me was invaluable experience using/practising with the ice axe and crampons which I had had no prior experience with.The guides were as I said, incredibly knowledgeable and skilful but feel that we weren't fully informed that our performance on the warm up mountain was being examined to see how we would fair on summit night. Therefore, there was an a somewhat 'enjoyable' pace adopted by us rather than a 'we-need-to-get-to-the-top' urgency - that we all appreciated we would need for summit night.It latterly transpired that on the early morning start, (despite stating the night before we wanted to go as one group - 3 of us and 2 guides) we would be split into two groups based on who the guides believed were capable of summiting. For me, being female, inexperienced on snowy mountains and having spoken to the organiser about a health concern, completely understand, (as I do from a health and safety aspect) - the guides' decisions are made based on their knowledge of us and expertise, which I respect. I just feel that communication prior to this decision being made could have been better for others involved, to avoid disappointment.2. Kit list: As I believe, per the kit list provided, I was prepped with a 2l water bladder thinking this would be adequate and then was told it would probably freeze so was no good and had to replace in Chamonix (loads of shops so no problem). Also that my sunglasses must be wrap-style sports sunglasses to prevent snow blindness. In addition, on summit night, my friend was concerned he wouldn't be allowed to summit as he didn't have goggles which we were unaware we needed.Having said that, the smoothness of travel, and arrangements by both the organiser and guides when on the mountains, was impeccable and couldn't fault it. The lodges were pleasant and I felt safe and looked after which was a welcome change from camping previously. Although wasn't prepared for the snoring!I'm having a timeout from snowy mountains for a bit but would definitely consider using KKC again if I went back, certainly now I have the knowledge of fitness needed and have had that initial experience behind me. A massive thank you to our main guide too for looking after me when my health played up!
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