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| Mount Kilimanjaro |
We are four career co-operators with more than 100
years of combined co-operative experience. Each of us has
contributed countless work and volunteer hours toward poverty reduction and
co-operative development. We are passionate and committed to
succeed. We wish to make a special contribution to International
Cooperative Development in this year, the International Year of
Cooperatives as declared by The United Nations. We also wanted to mark this
incredible milestone with a significant personal challenge.
We have been training for the climb in a number of ways including weight loss programs, walking, toning, yoga, walking, cardio, extreme walking like backpacking and hiking, biking, and we threw in some more walking for good measure. Unfortunately we live in different parts of the Canada, and for one of us a different part of the world, so while we can't always kick each other into gear in person we know we can find the motivation and support we need via skype and e-mail.
We researched a few different routes for our climb and after some deliberation decided on the longer route which affords the greatest potential for success (age may have been a factor but we also didn't want all that walking to go to waste!!!). The challenges of this adventure has definitely changed our lives and it has attracted quite the attention! We are committed to succeed both individually and as a team.
We researched a few different routes for our climb and after some deliberation decided on the longer route which affords the greatest potential for success (age may have been a factor but we also didn't want all that walking to go to waste!!!). The challenges of this adventure has definitely changed our lives and it has attracted quite the attention! We are committed to succeed both individually and as a team.
