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Mt Kilimanjaro Climb Raises $10000 for Rhino
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October 30, 2007

CONGRATULATIONS

to Evelyn on achieving her goal of raising $10000 for rhino conservation. She is a dedicated committee member of the Save Foundation of Australia which has been raising money for 20 years to fund rhino conservation projects primarily in Zimbabwe.

All funds raised go to the SAVE FOUNDATION of Australia http://www.savefoundation.org.au/

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Mt Kilimanjaro Climb for Save Foundation
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October 23, 2007

Perth, 19 October 2007

Dear Friends and Supporters,
I write to thank you for your support of my climb of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for black rhino conservation. I am glad to report that on 21st September at sunrise, all five hikers in our party, Joy, Martin, Valerie and Mike and myself reached the summit successfully! A total of $8,500 has been generously donated to date, and these funds will now be used to support the SAVE FOUNDATION of Australia’s rhino work in Zimbabwe.
Here’s a brief summary of how we made it to the top, “pole pole” (Swahili for “slowly, slowly”) by Evelyn Wong.

The start of the Machame Route is at nearly 1500 metres altitude, and the first day is a six-hour walk through rainforest, up to 3000 metres.

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Mt Kilimanjaro at 3600m and Hungry
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The morning of the second day was glorious, affording us our first view of the mountain. Unfortunately the weather did not hold and by lunch time, it was pouring so much that we missed lunch altogether. We reached the camp at 3600 metres hungry and, in my case, suffering from the first effects of altitude sickness.

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Mt Kilimanjaro Hot Ginger Tea Helps Altitude Sickness
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After nice hot ginger tea and a good night sleep and we all fell good again on the third morning. We walked all the way up to 4300 metres, seeing spectacular changes in scenery along the way, before going back to 3900 metres to camp.

We could see Mt Meru the second highest mountain in the background.

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