Firstly, I have to thank Caroline Ward and Angie Riddell, who were both fountains of all knowledge concerning climbing Kilimanjaro having completed it in September this year.
Their video diary was touching, funny, fascinating and enjoyed by everyone who came along to find out more.
Ten people turned up and seemed very enthusiastic and eager to learn more. Caroline and Angie were perfect for answering peoples questions.
They both said it was the hardest thing they had ever done in their lives but was worth every bit of pain in getting to the top.
Angie was fortunate enough to not suffer from altitude sickness and Caroline did not get ill until the summit night on which she said she thought she was going to die she felt so bad, until after finally getting to the summit she turned around to see the sun rise at which point she burst into tears due to the emotion of it all.
A few people were worried about the initial outlay of a £350 deposit but it was suggested that instead of Christmas presents people ask for money instead. This is what I plan to do. We will probably register our interest and pay our deposits at the end of January when people get paid, we then have ten months to fund raise and train.
We also discussed the Santa Fun Run to be held this Sunday 3rd December, if a minimum of six people sign up for this then we can register as a team, the team name to put down on the form is F2K. Also Primark are selling leopard print fleece blankets for £3 which we can use to wrap around ourselves over our Santa suit so that we stand out and can obtain more publicity, plus it will keep us warm! We can re-use the blankets for future fund raising ventures.
It was a brilliant evening and it was wonderful to see so many enthusiastic and eager people willing to take up this once in a lifetime challenge.
I'm holding another get together this Thursday evening, 1st December, for the people who missed the first one at 7.30pm at Googies. Come along and join in the fun!
Finally, a big big thank you to Caroline & Angie, you were both brilliant!!! Also to Keith at Googies who is kindly letting us use Googies as our very own Base Camp!!!
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