For some years I have wanted to climb Kilimanjaro. Being the highest point in Africa and the highest stand alone mountain in the world has its attraction, but for me it's just the challenge. At first I had the time but didn't have the money, then when I had the money I didn't have the time, now that I have neither I must make the time and find the money.

Richard Mulvey

I was delighted to be able to persuade Sheila my wife and later my close friend John van der Horst to join me. We are doing this climb to raise funds for The Reach for a Dream Foundation (www.reachforadream.org.za) and hope to raise R100,000, and with your help we should make it.

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Thursday, November 22, 2007

63 days to go

Had a great day today. Walked 9 km to the local shopping center in down town Tempe. The first thing I noticed during the walk is that nobody walks in Arizona. I don't mean that there are very few walkers, I mean that there were no walkers on the 9 km trek to the local Mall. I did pass 4 people in a bus shelter waiting for a bus, I guess they must have got a lift to the bustop. Even the buses have a place on them at the front for bicycles so that the poor cyclists don't have far to ride.

Phoenix also has other interesting problems. As you can see from the picture the bug problems seem to be rather more interesting than our cockroaches in Durban.
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