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DUE TO PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, MY NEW DATE FOR THE KILIMANJARO CLIMB IS NOW 3RD DECEMBER.

My challenge is to reach the summit of the highest mountain in Africa and the worlds largest freestanding mountain. At 5,895m, Mt. Kilimanjaro is one of the largest volcanoes ever to break through the Earth's crust and I intend to get to the top!  I've started the training so hopefully the fitness level will be taken care of and all I need to worry about is the lack of oxygen and altitude sickness!

I will be trekking for Breakthrough Breast Cancer who are the UK's leading charity committed to fighting breast cancer through research, campaigning and education. You can find out more about this charity by clicking on www.breakthrough.org.uk

Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Breakthrough Breast Cancer gets your money faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.This is for an extremely good cause so please sponsor me, any amount will be gratefully received.I will be making a contribution of £595 towards the cost of the expedition and Breakthrough Breast Cancer will be paying the balance of £1642 plus airport taxes. The amount paid by the charity will not exceed 40% of the minimum sponsorship. Anna x 

Training Update

7th June - Hiking around Holcombe Hill and Redisher Woods for 4 & 1/2 hours after a 1 hour intensive circuit training class is a fab way to spend a Sunday and feel like you've earned your Sunday roast. Thanks for joining me Tasha and helping me break in my new boots. Thankfully no blisters :-)

19th July - 3 Yorkshire Peaks  - The 5 of us set off at 8am and went good going. We scrambled up the steep rocky Peh Y Ghent reaching the summit by 9.30am. Hoping for a glorious view but a cloud had landed on us so we hoped for this to clear for the other 2 peaks. After decending Peh Y Ghent and following a group of people that appeared to be heading in the wrong direction for about an hour (using GPS!) we were back on track again.We reached Ingleborough, the 2nd peak after a long walk (about 8 miles) across rocky ground, streams and boggy ground. Of course I fell into the boggy ground up to my knees much to everone elses amusement. The weather had cleared a lot by now so the ascent up Ingleborough although a long gradual uphill gave us some fantastic views. We reached the summit by 3.30pm and from here we had an awesome view of Whernside our 3rd and final peak. The descent down Whernside was tricky and the point that I realised my new boots weren't as broken in as I'd originally thought! Ouch. At the bottom of Whernside there was a welcome break for a pint of lemonade at an old pub before setting off to climb Whenrside. This was deinitely the toughest of the 3 with the most vertical climb of the day. Extremely gratifying when we reached the top which was again covered in mist. Don't think this is the end though, there was a further 2 1/2 hour walk back to the car at the bottom of Peh Y Ghent. We arrived back at the car 13 hours after we set off feeling really satisfied about the walk. I could already feel my legs starting to stiffen which made the 1 1/2 hour drive home challenging but the worse stiffness was to come the next day!