My name is Aaron Tucker and I work in the OD and Workforce team in NHS South of Tyne and Wear. You may have seen the email back in October that I was “up for the Challenge.” Yes, I’m the person that has been chosen to represent the organisation on the charity climb up Mount Kilimanjaro in April 2010. This blog is to help update people on my training and fundraising activities over the months leading up to the climb.
When I applied, I really wanted to climb the mountain but I didn’t think I would actually get selected. A few weeks later, after a fairly hectic week at work, I received a call at home asking me if I still wanted to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. I joked at the time that it was “a bit cold and a bit far away”. All joking aside, I was delighted and agreed that I would still like to take on the challenge.
NHS South of Tyne and Wear are part of the Sunderland Partnership, which brings together the local public, private, community and voluntary sectors. I will be climbing as part of a group of twenty, with my teammates representing various agencies from the Partnership, including City Hospitals Sunderland, City of Sunderland College, Tyne and Wear Fire & Rescue, Northumbria Police, Sunderland City Council and others.
Kilimanjaro, located in north-eastern Tanzania, is Africa’s highest mountain at just under 20,000 ft. There are several routes by which to climb it and the team and I will be taking the Machame route, which is by far the most scenic but steeper route up the mountain.
I am raising funds for the Kilimatinde Trust and the African Blackwood Conservation Project, and shall include more details about the charities in my next post. Please visit my Just Giving page if you wish to make a donation: Aaron's Just Giving Page
If you want to know more about the mountain or the partnership why not check out these links:
Kilimanjaro on Wikipedia
Kilimanjaro climbing routes on Wikipedia
The Sunderland Partnership
The Sunderland Echo Article
Saturday, 12 December 2009
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