Articles tagged ‘News’
News Story: American races up Kilimanjaro
By Donovan | August 30th, 2005 |
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OAKTON, Va. (AP) — As he neared the end of his record-setting run to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, Sean Burch got so excited that he decided to sprint the final few yards at top speed.
That was a big mistake.
“I threw up,” Burch said, “because I had run so fast to the summit.”
Then his legs [...]
News Story: Adventurous couple climb Mount Kilimanjaro
By Donovan | August 30th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
By Susan Nolan
PORTSMOUTH - It’s fair to say Jason and Melanie Bocarro did not have your average honeymoon trip to Niagara Falls or the Poconos last month.
Following their wedding July 9, the Little Harbour School teacher and her new husband, a University of New Hampshire professor, took off for Tanzania.
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News Story: Boy, 12, climbs Kilimanjaro in seven days
By Donovan | August 24th, 2005 | 3 Comments »
August 23, 2005
Dar es Salaam : A 12-year-old American boy, Ryan Eckert, may have set a record by successfully climbing Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, last week, his guide said yesterday.
“It took the boy seven days to reach the summit,” the guide, Honest Minja, said by telephone from Moshi at the base of the famed [...]
News Story: Fundraising above the clouds
By Donovan | August 22nd, 2005 | Add a Comment »
A LOCAL adventurer has just completed a mountainous task to help raise more than £70,000 for charity.
David Healey, 36, pulled on his hiking boots to climb the 19,340ft to the top of Africa’s tallest mountain as part of the Kilimanjaro for Kirsty campaign. Along with the editor and deputy managing director from the Manchester Evening [...]
News Story: These boots were made for walking … on Kilimanjaro
By Donovan | August 22nd, 2005 | Add a Comment »
JUST a few weeks ago Alison Ewing had never even bagged a Munro, but today the Inverclyde mother-of-two is celebrating after climbing to the top of the world’s highest freestanding mountain - and raising £3,300 for charity.
During her four-day hike to the top of Kilimanjaro in aid of the leukaemia charity the Anthony Nolan Trust [...]
