Mt Kilimanjaro

Hi everyone,

GVN Foundation runs a fundraising trek program including Mt Kilimanjaro, Machu Picchu and Everest Base Camp. I was fortunate to be part of the team that climbed Mt Kilimanjaro earlier this year!

I've been home for nearly a month now so I'm already starting to have selective memory and forget about the moments when I really didn't think I'd make it. However, one thing I will never forget is how I felt at the summit. Shelley, one of the trekkers in our team, really captures this feeling in a recent article in a Shanghai magazine:

"On the 15th of January 2010, 12 people stood together watching the sunrise from the 'Roof of Africa'. They looked down at the sea of clouds and across snow filled valleys to magnificent glaciers. Their bodies were shattered, they were utterly exhausted, but they had done it; they had climbed the tallest mountain in Africa. They had started as strangers, but they reached the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro as friends".

Thank you to Shelley, all the trekkers, our amazing guides and porters, and of course The Mountain, for making this such an unforgettable experience!

Eliza

To find out more about our fundraising treks, visit: http://www.gvnfoundation.org/programs/treks/

To watch a short video testimonial from Shelley, click play below: