Ken Stahly writes:
We reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro at 0930 (local
time) on Thursday 19th January. From left to right the team is: Iain
Taylor, Bill Stewart, Mairead Stewart,
Sue Stahly, Ken Stahly, Trevor
Francis. As you can see, Sue is holding a can of
Stahly Scotch Haggis
which I later gave to the head guide, Jonas, who had never heard
of
haggis before but he was very pleased to receive the gift and looked
forward to trying it.
I also gave Jonas and the porters some whisky to
drink with the haggis.
Stahly Quality Foods' haggis has now officially
reached the roof of Africa.
This challenge was the hardest thing
that any of us have ever done but, as you can imagine, we are all
really pleased and happy to have made the trip and to have
completed
such a huge achievement.
All six of us were sponsored to take on
this challenge and the benefits of this was what kept us motivated to
reach the top. The funds raised have produced a book which will educate
all primary school children in Tanzania on dealing with life with
albinism which
is a huge problem in Africa. After returning from the
climb, we attended a small ceremony to hand the books over to a
dermatology centre where research is being carried out and
it was
excellent to see first hand how our efforts translated to helping real
lives. Several other Tanzanian charities will also benefit from the
donations and we also visited some
of these in the days following the
climb.
It is too early to give a figure on the sum raised as
money is still coming in but it is not
too late to make a donation. Just follow the link -
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/charities/rotaryclubofkirkcaldycharitabletrust
See the second page of the Image Gallery for more photos of Mount Kilimanjaro.