Climbing Kilimanjaro on my 60th birthday

Rodney Benson is raising money for Blue Skye Thinking

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I turn 60 on 11th October this year and rather than a party, I wanted to be able to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, giving myself a personal challenge. All being well, I will summit in the early hours of my birthday.

Friends and colleagues have suggested I should be raising money and so I have chosen to do so for Blue Skye Thinking - a Children's Brain Tumour Charity. http://www.blueskyethinking.org

Blue Skye Thinking supports research into the treatment of childhood brain tumours, striving to give all children diagnosed, a better chance of survival and improved quality of life during and post treatment. Run by volunteers, money donated goes directly to the forefront of research and wellbeing projects.

Brain Tumours are the biggest cancer killer in children, and cure rates have not improved in 40 years. Current treatment can have devastating consequences in terms of side effects. Researchers are trying to establish new, innovative ways to treat childhood brain tumours.

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