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It seemed a good idea in January, when August was but a distant dot in the calendar. A long (ish) walk up a large(ish) hill in Africa with a couple of friends - what better way to spend the summer holidays?

Now we've seen the official numbers - 45% of attempts fail, it claims more than 10 lives a year etc etc, we're not sure its the best idea we've ever had. But we are a determined (and blindly stubborn) group, so on August 11th, myself and 2 friends, Jerome and Jesus (I'll probably use HIS name a fair bit)  will begin our attempt to climb to the top of Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

I feel that if I'm going to suffer, I should at least suffer for a cause. So I am climbing also to raise money for a charity that I have supported for a while, one that gives opportunities that I took for granted, to people not so fortunate, St Mungo's for the homeless in London. This is a no pressure sell; anything I raise is better than nothing, and if you can't afford to give or simply don't want to, that's ok. Times are tough, I know that. However, we are creating a video diary of the trip, and we'll send that to sponsors, so if you want to see me barf into my hat, you'll have to pay up.

 

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