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My story

 

When you tell people that you are going to run across a desert for a week dressed in a rhino suit they tend to ask 'why'?  Good question.

The raw facts are - 150 miles (250km) across the Atacama desert in Chile, broken down into stage each day ranging from a gentle 10 miles to a rather more taxing 50 miles.  Also, you have to carry all of your food, kit and bedding for the week, although the good people organising it provide handy water stations along the way, and put a basic tent up for you every night (provided you make it to the end of the stage).  And the temperature in the desert during the day rockets to around 40 celcius and then plummets to below freezing at night.  And the terrain is rough, with the course being up to 14,000 feet above sea level.

So where does the 7 foot, 20lb rhino suit come in?  Well, the rhino suit is the most famous costume used in the London Marathon and has been used in many events around the globe (but never before seen in South America).  It represents the charity Save the Rhino.  Roughly half of Save The Rhino’s money is spent on local communities.  The aim is to ensure the survival of the rhino and its habitat and to help encourage local communities to live and work in harmony with their surroundings.  The other half is spent on policing, employing locals to work in protecting this endangered beast.

Now that I've explained it, I feel sure you'll want to join in, and there are still places available, so come and join us!  If not, your words of encouragement are welcome, but most of all any donations will be hugely appreciated and i'm sure will help to alleviate any hoof-pain the poor rhino may be suffering.  All of the money that you donate goes to Save the Rhino where it is much appreciated and put to very good use.

thanks, Stephen

 

Better late than never... Donation by Matthew Trott 14/08/06  

£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid

Well done to Team Rhino from Team Kennedy! Donation by Scott, Jill & Olivia 02/08/06  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Bet you're walking funny Donation by JB 01/08/06  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

congratulations of becoming a rhino! Donation by linda 01/08/06  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Hope you are having fun! Donation by Wendy Burroughes 28/07/06  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

for the rhinos Donation by matt probert 27/07/06  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Hope it is all going to plan. Good luck. Donation by Sarah and Mark 24/07/06  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

I assume that no polar bears will be harmed in the making of this crossing... Donation by Matt 19/07/06  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

I hope that you meet yout target as this sounds like a very hard challenge,good luck Donation by Morag 18/07/06  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck!! Take care of that leg - there are no peas in the desert!! Donation by Gail 18/07/06  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

***Insert obvious horn gag here!!*** Good luck mate Donation by Dunc 17/07/06  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Good Luck! Donation by Dav 15/06/06  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

You fool! Donation by Ian Bruce 12/06/06  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Cramp is for wimps! And remember your sunhat. Donation by Chris Morton 17/05/06  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

You nutter, whats worng with going for a normal walk ?? Donation by Merv and Bea 12/05/06  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

You'll need all the luck runniong with mad Kenneth in a Rhino outfit!!! Donation by Sarah 09/05/06  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

You crazy fool.. it should have been save the chickens! Donation by Graeme & Ruth 27/04/06  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Donation by Tracey Roberts 27/04/06  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Ride 'em rhino! Donation by Alex 26/04/06  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Watch out for the flamingos Donation by Cyrus Manecksha 24/04/06  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Donation by Gillian Leslie 24/04/06  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Donation by Neil 06/04/06  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

estas loco, amigo!! Donation by Nick Barlow 06/04/06  

£35.00 + £9.87 Gift Aid

I hope Kenneth will be buying you a few beers after the event!! Good luck! Donation by Brian Robinson 04/04/06  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

I've only been up to 3,500m - views should be good up there. Good luck Donation by Moira 29/03/06  

£80.00 + £22.56 Gift Aid

All the best Steve - have a great time!! (what, no picture of you in a skirt this time?) Donation by Ian McQuade 27/03/06  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good Luck Donation by Judith 24/03/06  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Wishing you all the luck in the world - I think you are going to need it! Donation by Hannah Palmer 24/03/06  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

You are off your trolley but good luck Donation by Paul 23/03/06  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Donation by jpb 23/03/06  

£500.00 + £141.03 Gift Aid
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