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On the 2nd February 2011 two Directors and four members of staff from Sportingbet plc making up in total a group of sixteen friends from within the gambling industry and outside will fly out to Tanzania, to attempt to reach the summit of the world’s highest freestanding mountain and Africa’s highest peak - Mount Kilimanjaro.

The Sportingbet Kilimanjaro Climb is in support of The Injured Jockeys Fund and Breast Cancer. Further details can be found on our charity page. The team would like to extend their sincere thanks to Sportingbet plc for subsidising the climb such that we are able to assure donors that 100% of their donations (plus gift aid if appropriate) will be passed on to the charities without deduction.

Standing at 5895m, its snow capped summit rises high above the dusty plains and huge permanent glaciers flow down from the summit. Whilst climbing Kilimanjaro does not involve any technical climbing, the Kilimanjaro team will face a challenging trek at extreme altitude, pushing them to the limits both physically and mentally. At the summit there is much less than half the oxygen that we are used to in the United Kingdom.

The trek will take the team on the less-trodden Lemosho route where the terrain and climbing conditions change markedly as the group ascend the mountain. The team will pass through thick rain forest with its extreme humidity, next passing through giant heather moorland and scree where temperatures slowly drop ever closer to freezing point. Sleeping for seven nights at below freezing for the most part, the initial climb is nothing compared to the summit to the highest point of the crater, Uhuru Peak, where the temperature plummets to around -20 to -30 degrees at times. The team will be training hard for nearly a year to be ready and to ensure that everyone reaches the summit!

Over the coming months you will be able to follow the teams training progress leading up to the trek, you will also be able to follow their every step up the mountain as we bring live updates from the mountain with blog updates, pictures and videos on daily basis.

To donate to the Injured Jockeys Fund click here

To donate to Breast Cancer please click here