Fundraiser Garage Sale
Saturday, September 6th, 2008
8:00am - 1:00pm
Taryn’s house
149 Maple Street
Guelph, ON View Map
About The Climb
The Masai Project has assembled a team of individuals from Guelph and Hamilton who will climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa with Tusker Trail & Safari Co. in support of the Tsepong clinic in Lesotho, Africa.
There are over 30,000,000 people infected with HIV/AIDS in Africa. Without a massive response, eight African countries are at risk of extinction in the next decade.One of the countries in greatest need is Lesotho, Africa. Thirty percent of the individuals in Lesotho are infected with HIV. The Masai Project is partnering with Stephen Lewis, the Ontario Hospital Association and the Ontario Hospitals for Africa project. Its initial goal is to raise $1,000,000 to help support the Tsepong Clinic and the over 6,000 patients it services through 2010. Monies raised after this will be used to develop and sustain sister clinics across Lesotho offering care to thousands more affected by the disease.
As climbers pay their own way, 100% of the fundraising proceeds go directly to the Tsepong clinic. We will depart on December 15th, 2008 and reach the Summit on December 25th.
About Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro is an inactive stratovolcano located in Tanzania, Africa. It is the highest freestanding mountain in the world. Rising 19,340 feet, it is also one of the Seven Summits and is base camp for Mount Everest. A climber on Mount Kilimanjaro will pass through five climate zones, ranging from tropical rainforest to arctic conditions. Although summiting the mountain requires the climber to be in good physical shape, because the climb is not a technical one, about 30,000 people attempt to reach the Summit every year.
We have chosen to climb with Tusker Trail and Safari Co, a highly respected outfitter with over 30 years of experience. Tusker Trail has designed an intensive High Altitude First Responder Course (which all guides are enrolled in) and has a 98% Summit rate. The key to success on Kilimanjaro is to climb slowly, or Pole Pole, as they say in Swahili. Our climb is 10 days, which will allow us to acclimatize well to the altitude, increasing our chances of summiting further.
