Our boss, Ian Portch, came in 6 months ago and advised us he was going to climb Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, in Africa. Now we as keen UK mountaineering walkers thought he must be quite, quite mad to do something like this with little experience in walking at altitudes above 10,000 feet.
When he said he was doing it to raise money for Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal for seriously ill children at Bristol hospital we thought "ok, less mad then but still rather you than us!".
So Ian established himself on a strict regime of no beer or chocolate and regular exercise to get himself upto a reasonable level of fitness to be able to cope with potential altitude sickness at such a height. It seemed to pay off in hindsight (though having porters help certainly took a load off!!)
When he said he was doing it to raise money for Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal for seriously ill children at Bristol hospital we thought "ok, less mad then but still rather you than us!".
So Ian established himself on a strict regime of no beer or chocolate and regular exercise to get himself upto a reasonable level of fitness to be able to cope with potential altitude sickness at such a height. It seemed to pay off in hindsight (though having porters help certainly took a load off!!)
And here is Ian (looking rather dandy I must say) on Kilimanjaro...
In all Ian raised over £1000 for the Wallace and Gromet Childrens Appeal which we feel is an outstanding contribution as well as conquering a 20,000 foot mountain! Nice one Ian!
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