kilimanjaro for charity

[cra1gy1989]

Hi peeps,

Me and a friend are thinking about climbing kilimanjaro for charity in 2014,

The question I have came here to ask is, as its for charity does anyone have any ideas of how to raise money? As its nearly £4000 each, could do with some good ideas? We have thought of setting up charity events, raffle, do some sponsored runs.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[Truckosaurus]

It would be more noble to fund your own holiday and then people would be more likely to donate to your chosen Good Cause.

Of the £4k mentioned, at least half that would be paying for the trip, so the charity only gets a couple of grand each, so if you did it independently you'd only have to raise half as much to be 'in profit' in donations.

You'd also not have the pressure of raising a set amount in addition to training for the climb.

Also don't under-estimate the dangers of the climb, whilst Knackers like myself and TFC Moyles have made the summit, others aren't so lucky, someone on my trip keeled over and died without warning and I believe it was 'Swerni' here on PH who documented a climb where someone (seemingly in good health) had a heart attack near the top. And you are a long way from help if something happens (which I didn't fully appreciate until things turned sour). The only Health'n'Safety infrastructure is a fleet of trolleys to wheel the dead and injured off the hill...

[cra1gy1989]

Yes Thankyou for your response.

Regarding h&s I have a fair bit of experience with mountaineering, I understand that with the altitude and heat, it will make it a lot harder to climb, Im a guy who enjoys a challenge and will take the health and safety aspects completely seriously.

It is something I have wanted to do for a long time and tick off my bucket list.
I just thought as it is a charitable way of helping others, I would try and get people to donate. Which helps me achieve this challenge and also help others in need.

So you said you have done the climb? How did you find it?

[Truckosaurus]

cra1gy1989 said:

So you said you have done the climb? How did you find it?

I found it not as bad as expected. I can recommend the guide book by Henry Stedman ( http://www.climbmountkilimanjaro.com/ ) if you've not got it. I can also recommend Team Kilimanjaro as the tour organiser, they managed to get one of their UK managers/owners to Arusha before we'd made it down from the mountain after the incident mentioned above.

I did the Rongai route which takes you up from the far side on the Kenyan border up through woodland and onto the slopes of Mawenzi (the second of the 2 volcanoes making the 'mountain') and then across the saddle plateau onto Kibo.

I wasn't in the best of condition (I'm sure everyone thinks they could have trained more) but had the advantages of being willing and able to guzzle plenty of water and food that the daintier and fitter people found difficult.

I walked to and from work (3.5 miles each way) nearly every day for a year as my main training with weekend walks of 10-20 miles. My legs ached for months leading upto the climb. It's stamina you need to build and the mental ability to trudge slowly along for hours (the distances involved were actually low).

I'd visited a mountain bike trail centre in Wales a few weeks before hand and nearly chucked up my guts on one of the climbs, all the way up Kili I was thinking "it's not got as bad as that yet..." and then I found myself on the edge of the volcano rim with only a mile of easy strolling to reach the summit.

I went in September (2011) which gave me the British summer to train in, it was totally dry for my trip, I can imagine that a climb in wet periods would be nasty with mud everywhere.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Jeez....you want to go on holiday ...for charity.

I've being say saying for ages that this was Hitler's big mistake. If he had said he was invading Poland for Multiple Sclerosis, no one would have batted an eyelid!

[anonymous-user]

cra1gy1989 said:

Hi peeps,

Me and a friend are thinking about climbing kilimanjaro for charity in 2014,

The question I have came here to ask is, as its for charity does anyone have any ideas of how to raise money? As its nearly £4000 each, could do with some good ideas? We have thought of setting up charity events, raffle, do some sponsored runs.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Pay for it yourself and then raise money for charity. Hardly anyone will donate if they know they're paying for your fking holiday.

I'd like to go to Antarctica so I'll say it's for charity and once i've covered all my costs any extra can go to charity.

[Shinobi]

Title is a bit misleading, it's not really kili for charity as half the money destined for charity will be paying for you to get some Facebook pics.

[Dan_1981]

But plenty of people do do it like this and probably raise more money than if the schemes were not available.

[Hackney]

cra1gy1989 said:

So you said you have done the climb? How did you find it?

Climb?

Well done for walking at altitude.

[JQ]

Honestly, i would'nt give you a penny. Pay for your own holidays. I really can't stand these types of things, it's a real pet hate of mine.

I've raised tens of thousands of pounds for various charities over the past couple of years. Every single penny has gone direct to the charity and I've paid for all my costs myself.

If you pay for the trip yourself it won't matter whether you raise £1 or £10,000 it will still be worthwhile. Plus people are far more likely to donate as I suspect there are plenty of other people who share my view.

[Dot Dot Curve]

I am climbing Mt Kilimanjaro at the beginning of December 2013. Paid for the trip myself of course and I am now looking to try and raise money for the trip. It wasn't what I intended to do to begin with, but the idea has grown on me.

Anyone got any good ideas? Through my work I can have the trip for charity advertised to tens of thousands of people, but I still need to make them want to donate.

Any ideas on how to do external advertising?

[MuffDaddy]

I'm going up Kilimanjaro a week Saturday. We will be raising funds for charity (Medicine Sans Frontiere) but non of the funds raised will be used to finance the trip. I've used a far more inventive way of financing. Work are paying!

[Dog Star]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I've being say saying for ages that this was Hitler's big mistake. If he had said he was invading Poland for Multiple Sclerosis, no one would have batted an eyelid!

Hahaha! Love it!

Got to say - I won't get involved in any of these climb Kilimanjaro/parachute/bungee jump for charidee things. The money making by third parties involved in these isn't "right" IMO. If you want money for charity then simply give them some.

Recently a load of people from the consultancy I work for did this "climb"; I was inundated daily with "sponsorship" requests (even suggesting amounts that I should give based on my weekly rate). fk off!

As an aside - it must be like a fking holiday resort up Kilimanjaro these days there are than many chuggers wandering around on it.

[knk]

Consider joining one of the Discover Adventure treks. You can either pay for the trip or raise a specified amount and there is loads of advice and assistance with fundraising.
www.discoveradventure.com

Kam

[majordad]

It's dangerous, even for the very experienced. S4it happens !
http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/...

[Mobsta]

I must agree with the above sentiments. Not because I have a gun to my head nor because I hate my captors (hint: I'm trapped on a mountain, help!!!) but this scenario has cajoled too many pennies out of hard working folk before.

Through proper fund raising, perseverance, the aches and pains of training, you can get a girl to learn how to anchor her legs behind her ears, or climb a mountain for charity.. Or you can go to to vegas, where you will find a keen reception. But you'll barely get what you pay for. And you won't get a penny from me either, unless the profit and loss account I see hanging from your bell end makes me feel you are the best charitable outlet this year has to offer (not including the Vegas girls).

Can you save, self fund, take an extra year to train or did you hope for a miracle cash injection suggestion to expedite your fun?

[carreauchompeur]

I'm surprised it isn't that fking attention we Mat777 starting this thread, raising loads of money and then deciding that it would be more gentlemanly to be simply carried up Kili on a sedan chair whilst wearing a three piece suit and cravat.

I went to India last November and had a good 3-week mooch around at my own expense. You can imagine the reaction when two women from work started fking rattling their collection tins at me to fund their "Indian cycle challenge". fk right off!

OP, pay for yourself you freeloading bd! And THEN raise some money.