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<p>Hello Everyone!</p>
<p>Firstly, thank you for visiting my page!</p>
<p>After a rather difficult period in my life, the trek is back on track!</p>
<p>I will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in 2011 for the Institute of Cancer Research! I figured a marathon would clearly be just that little bit too hard, so a 19,340ft mountain climb might be an easier challenge! <img src="../FCKeditor/editor/images/smiley/msn/regular_smile.gif" alt="" /> I have 16 weeks of gruelling training (and yes, that will mean cutting back on the lollies and wine gums!) before the big event, so please donate generously!</p>
<p>To secure my place on the trek I need to raise £3250 in total, but the more the better - I won't turn away anyones money ;) !</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">A few things you might not know about Kilimanjaro:</span></strong></p>
<p>The structure is composed of 3 volcanoes: Kibo (19,340 feet), Mawenzi (16,896 feet), and Shira (13,000 feet).</p>
<p>Kilimanjaro lies 205 miles South of the equator and stands on Tanzania’s northern border with Kenya.</p>
<p>Today, about 15,000 people attempt to climb Kilimanjaro each year, as a spiritual journey or as a personal challenge! (There were no facts to say how many actually make it back down again though…)</p>
<p>Kilimanjaro - the 'Roof of Africa', the highest freestanding mountain in the world, rising 19340ft above sea level!</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">A few things to know about me & my trip:</span></strong></p>
<p>I will not be driving there <img src="../FCKeditor/editor/images/smiley/msn/regular_smile.gif" alt="" /></p>
<p>I have scrubbed up on my geography so the likelihood of me getting lost is slim (er)</p>
<p>I am already aware that there are no River Islands/Costa Coffees/Wine Bars within a million miles of the summit.</p>
<p>The only other 'mountains' I've climbed are Snowdonia when I was 12 at school, and some random mountain in Spain, which takes an hour (2 if you're my mum and I who wear sandals with kitten heels!lol) to climb to the top and get back down again….</p>
<p>I am ridiculously stubborn…so I will make it up that mountain if it kills me :o)</p>
<p>Thanks to you all in advance!</p>
<p>Sarah xx</p>
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