Click on the graphic above to go to our
donation page on the Red Nose Day website. Your money goes
directly to Comic Relief.
None of our expedition costs are funded by your donations.
Thank you.
If you are a UK
taxpayer don't forget to Gift Aid your donation so that the charity
gets an extra 25% from the Government. All you need to do is
pay enough UK tax this year to cover what the charity claims as Gift
Aid.
Find out more about Gift Aid
The Charity
For
more information about how
Comic Relief
will spend the money we raise for Red Nose Day please go
here
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and
thank you for visiting
Kilimanjaro2009
This site documents
the planning and execution of our personal expedition to climb the highest
free-standing mountain in the world and the highest point in Africa in August
2009.
The
original idea, towards the end of 2008, was simply to fulfil a lifelong dream but as
our planning progressed and not least because just about everyone asked for whom
we would be raising funds the idea of raising money for charity came into
greater focus.
On 12 March 2009, along with a large
proportion of the UK population, we sat rooted to the spot
watching
the amazing achievements of 9 UK celebrities, their camera crew and
excellent team of Tanzanian guides and porters as they climbed the
mountain for Comic Relief raising over £3 million for good causes in
both the UK and in Africa.
The video
clip below relates to those celebrities but sums up a lot
of what we are thinking about the challenge that lies ahead.
This
really crystallised our thinking and
watching the Red Nose Day extravaganza on 13 March, with its
emphasis on that great achievement and the relentless fight against
malaria, in the very area we would be visiting, made up our minds
and we contacted the
Comic Relief
team.
While Red Nose Day 2009 might be long gone by
the time we set foot on Tanzanian soil
Comic Relief continues and
the need for the money that charity raises both for the UK and for
Africa will be every bit as great in the summer as it was in March.
The Red
Nose Day website is open for business to allow online
donations, so please show your support for us
and the great work done by Comic Relief and use the image above left
to go to our
donation page
on the Red Nose Day web site as we do "Summit Mad
for Money"
But
you'll find more than just Kilimanjaro and requests for donations on these pages because the adventure takes us first through the
thought processes, planning and training training before we drive to the Alps to
acclimatise staying
in a high Alpine refuges at around 3,000m
and climbing 3 or 4 3,000+ metre peaks in as many
days before jetting off to Tanzania and the big climb.
Upon our
return to civilisation we embark on a 3-day safari before returning
to the Alps to meet our children for
some more leisurely mountain walks and to
wind down.
Some menu
items are not yet populated but more pages and links will appear
as our planning progresses and certainly once we return.
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