'We wanted to show the world that people of color can do something like this,' says James 'KG' Kagambi. He's a great believer in lessons learned from the outdoors — and glad his achy knees made it!
James"KG" Kagambi on Hillary Step on May 12, moments before summiting Mount Everest. He credits the sherpas with helping him and the other climbers stay safe on their journey to the peak. was 23, he climbed Mount Kenya in his homeland, the second tallest peak in Africa — and swore he'd never do it again."I hated it," he recalls."By the time I got to 15,000 feet, I had headaches." But then he encountered a magical substance for the first time.
Kagambi rests on a climb of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. He says we have much to learn from the outdoors."Being outside force[s you] to take care of yourself. You learn simple things like you break it, you suffer, and so you learn to take care of your needs. You are taught compassion, patience, being alert to do the right thing, realizing the simple things that can jeopardize your life.
We spent a few days at Everest Base Camp , which is where I started to feel like I was in the wilderness. We practiced with ladders, which was good because between Camp EBC and Camp 1, and also Camp 1 and Camp 2, there are quite a number of places where you use ladders. You don't want to go too slow because if you do, you get so cold and exposed. You don't want to run because then you get out of breath and that affects your heart and your body. So the best thing is to use your own pace.Some of our teams were very strong. One person summited around 3 a.m. and another by 4. I personally summited at 6.
But it's not only Black people. You're talking about people of color, you're talking about diversity. We have seen that in the outdoors, there's less people who come from different disadvantaged areas — age, gender, color, etc. It is important for me to bring all those people together.Part of it is being able to have the facilities to be able to take you to Everest, including economic.
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