The Kili Climb

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In 2005, a group of 6 intrepid Brighton-based explorers set out to conquer Mt Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak. Only 5 made it to the top. In 2007, 8 more brave young(ish) explorers will attempt the feat. Will they make it?

The 2007 Kili Climb team all live and work in Brighton for search marketing agency iCrossing. The team, bound by a common sense of adventure and a desire to help those less fortunate than themselves, decided to re-create the 2005 climb to continue their support for the Amani Children’s Home.

Amani, meaning ‘peace’, is a fantastic grass roots charity, offering shelter, support and education to street children in Tanzania, many of whom have been orphaned by AIDs. All funds go directly to the charity rather than to pay for administration costs. Read about the Amani Children’s Home here.

The team are all self funded – paying for flights, accommodation and support on the mountain themselves. Being enterprising fellows, the guys have a wide range of fundraising activities to help reach their goal. Many have resorted to the traditional ‘exercise’ route, undertaking running and cycling challenges for sponship. Other, more wacky ideas, include fancy dress pub crawls, baking cakes and bag packing at supermarkets. Read more about the guy’s fundraising efforts here.

To climb Kili you need to be physically fit and must acclimatise yourself slowly to the altitude. Our selected team of guides and porters will use their years of experience to guide the team safely up the mountain. Kilimanjaro can be climbed through a number of routes - Marangu (the most popular, affectionately known as the Coca-cola route), Umbwe, Mwika, Rongai and Machame.

For this climb the team have chosen the Machame Route, which is widely regarded as the most scenic viable ascent route, it has great views across to Mount Meru (Africa’s 5th highest mountain) and is a more gradual ascent than other routes. We have included an extra day for acclimatisation on the Shira Plateau in order to give everyone a better chance of reaching the summit and take in the incredible views.

Valerie Johnson works as a director of Amani Children’s Home and has completed the climb. “I was a bit anxious about climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, as I’m not a particularly athletic person. But it turns out that what I’d heard from so many past climbers proved true: reaching the top is more about heart than anything else. If you have heart and motivation, you’ll be fine - and since I was climbing to fundraise for the Amani children, I had all the motivation I needed to reach the top!”

Click here find out why we are climbing Kilimanjaro for the Amani Kids Home
To Sponsor the Kili Climb team, visit our Kilimanjaro sponsorship page

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