Story
Back to the beginning
Where there is a will there is a way :
While I can only emotionally support my mother
Your donations to Cancer Research are making a real difference to cancer
research and also
You aided me, mentally as I recalled the conversations / comments on the
hard ascent on summit day
You donated GBP 7,350
A positive side effect I encountered for myself
You helped me to overcome that feeling of being helpless
enabling me to do something.
If the desired target can't be influenced or achieved
the next question has to be : can the goal / solution be redifined ?
As my wish to solve my personal situation with cancer is objectively
impossible
a goal of working on the general issue of cancer was possible
I also would like to pass on that Cancer Research contacted me. They
appreciate your contributions.
Cancer Research UK funds research every week of over 6 mio GBP.
Personal fund raisers and donations are a vital part of financing for
Cancer Research.
Thank you for making a difference !
Sonja
Update 3:
I am glad to report :
Mission accomplished
I also can tell that it was the most exhausting, physically and mentally, thing I have done in my life.
After 8 hours of ascent I reached summit,
3 hours later back down at Kibo,
after 2 hours of sleeping (altitude sickness)
The remaining 3 hours to that nights camp seemed almost like the walk in the park.
While the first days I was literally going strong, on the night of summiting (start at midnight from Kibo), my body did not even want to get going. The air so cold, that the eye area - which was the only part not covered was freezing, the body from the the work of making it move real hot, I could not speak (certainly not laugh), every step was pain. Only Nico - my guide - talking to me not to give up, the thought of the cause and the support for it through your donations and some of the encouraging conversations kept me going at times.
For those who wanted to wait and see if I make it, or those who had lost the link before:
http://www.justgiving.com/Sonja-Lang/
A full report, with more picutres and the certificate of the summit reached will follow.
The final preparation and my body is already exhausted from the training.
Update 1 :
I will be wearing her hat she used during chemo on the summit.
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Dear family, friends, clients and colleagues ....
My motto
Where there is a will there is a way
Not for everybody and everything though
We still can't cure a lot off illnesses
Cancer
Is a random occurance
It's path unpredictable
We have to take the first step
Learn more about it - to help to lift the insecurity about it's development and the future
and ultimately to find a cure.
Cancer research
While I started supporting Cancer Research 9 years ago
I was diagnosed 4 years ago but had a lucky escape
My mother has been battling with inoperable cancer for almost 1 year
As I can't take steps to cure cancer
I can take steps to raise money to research it
I will be climbing Kilimanjaro
* Facing fear of hight (got vertigo)
* Altitude sickness (had it in 2003)
* Cold (temperature -10/-20 degrees celcius)
flying out 8 August 2009
So maybe one day someone out there won't have to fear the word cancer anymore
Please support and donate to cancer research.
On JustGiving
This will NOT finance the trip. While I can see the fund movement on the account, JustGiving, will collect and pass them straight to Cancer Research. They will reclaim Gift Aid from eligble donations from UK taxpayers.
Barclays Capital will match 1 - 1 any money you contributed to this fund raiser up to an amount of GBP 750.
So please dig deep and donate now !!!
Sonja