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Take off for Kilimanjaro Challenge 2012

06 September 2012

A team of intrepid climbers has just taken off from London on a trip that will take them to the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest mountain.

Before boarding, the team gathered for an eve of departure photo.

The Kilimanjaro Challenge is part of the National Farmers Union's (NFU) Africa 100 Appeal which is raising funds for Farm Africa.

Members of the team are:

Martin Haworth, NFU Director of Policy

Rebecca Wells, NFU Assistant Environment Policy Adviser

Sian Davies, Assistant Director at the British Agriculture Bureau, Brussels.

James Hawthorne, a farmer from Somerset

Robert Lasseter, a farmer from Dorset

Rob Baker, Agronomist and Team Manager from Agrii.

Andy Jones, Regional Cereal Value Chain Manager - Crop Protection at BASF

Gila Hale, Farm Africa

The team of eight climbers will take on the world's tallest freestanding mountain whose summit stands at 19,341 metres above sea level. They will spend eight days walking up the steep terrain in sub-zero temperatures and are aiming to reach the summit on Friday 5 October.

Click here to visit the Kilimanjaro Challenge webpage where you can learn much more about the climb and the work that it will be supporting.

Click here to make a donation and to give the climbers some encouragement!

You can follow the team on Twitter using the hashtag #Kilichallenge.

 

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