Currently sitting at $8,500.00 !! - so thank you to all my friends and family, Recreate parents, Recreate youth, people I don't even know who contributed, and most definitely to the Recreate staff and volunteers who got in behind this challenge running various events in support..
Mission accomplished ! Apologies for only updating now, been fairly hectic since returning a few weeks ago. Full photo log available through the challenge4charitynz Facebook page...
Recreate NZ picked up the Auckland Council's I AM Auckland 'Youth Safe' Award on Friday last. Well done for an ongoing and amazing team effort, you all deserve this award.
Recreate NZ has received three nominations resulting in two category finalists for the upcoming I AM Auckland Youth Awards, being held on 25th July 2014 - Good luck !
'Stellar' comments below from Boh Runga - I asked her the most rewarding, most difficult and top training tip for Kilimanjaro, as she summited this time last year.... ""Wow, you will love it. And good on you for doing this, v cool. Most rewarding is when you reach the top and feel the warmth of the sunrise on your face and the realisation that you made it sinks in. The most difficult was feeling your lungs work harder than they ever had before, so aware of your breathing and everyone else's and with that and the cold ever present, the darkness surrounding you made the feelings of doubt louder. I had the encouragement of the people I climbed with. They were incredible, I hope you have great guides and great people to share the climb with. Top training tip? Kerre McIvor did some altitude training and she gunned the climb. Mmm... walk around with weights strapped onto yr ankles? Seriously, I did that for a month prior while running errands as well as on the exercycle. I did wear denim flares, tho. Have you got some? Recommend!"" thanks Boh ! (PS I last had a pair of denim flares in the 80's) ;->
Newsflash - funding update, $4,420.00 donated to date !! - thank you very much to those donors...and we haven't even launched the givealittle page yet...
Well it has been a month since 4 of us from Recreate NZ, plus my brother-in-law completed the '5 volcanoes in 5 days' challenge !! While it actually took us 7 days due to a little cyclone called Lusi coming through 'mid-stream', we did manage to summit all the volcanoes - and raise close to $3,000. These funds will be added to the Climbing Kilimanjaro tally, meaning we have less than $10,000 to raise now for the new van...
