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Climbing to New Heights in<br />
Andrew Foulkes, a former youth<br />
minister at St Chad’s, took part in a<br />
trek to Mount Kilimanjaro earlier this<br />
year to raise money for Prostate Cancer<br />
UK. Here he shares some of his story...<br />
At lunchtime on Friday, February<br />
23 I arrived at Heathrow<br />
airport and started meeting the<br />
people I would hopefully stand<br />
with at the summit of Mount<br />
Kilimanjaro.<br />
After an overnight flight, we<br />
arrived safely in Tanzania on<br />
Saturday morning. I’d been<br />
unable to sleep on the plane, and<br />
probably should have slept at<br />
the hotel, but instead, a few of<br />
us took a trip to the local town,<br />
Moshi. It was great to sample<br />
a small bit of African life.<br />
Day One - Sunday<br />
February 25: After a short<br />
ride by bus, we arrived at<br />
the starting point of our trek,<br />
Machame Gate. At 1,800<br />
metres, we were already<br />
higher than any mountain<br />
in the UK!<br />
There was a mix of<br />
excitement and nerves<br />
as we set off and started<br />
slowly making our way<br />
through the hot, sticky<br />
rainforest. Our destination<br />
was Macahme Camp 11km<br />
away at an altitude of 2,800<br />
metres.<br />
After five hours we arrived<br />
at our first camp where we<br />
enjoyed a hot meal and a<br />
good night’s sleep.<br />
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats<br />
Church Offi ce: Linden Avenue, Sheffi eld S8 0GA<br />
Tel: (0114) 274 5086<br />
Page 8<br />
email: offi ce@stchads.org<br />
website: www.stchads.org
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