It's been a long time since my last sporadic blog but I actually have something to blog about for once...
This week’s “earworm” is the refrain “you may say to
yourself, my god, what have I done?” from Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads. "Why's that?" I hear you muse...
At the beginning of last week I got confirmation that I was successfully
registered for the Alzheimer’s Society hike up Mount Kilimanjaro in January 2013.
The Alzheimer’s Society is dedicated to defeating dementia
through research. They fund research into the cause, cure, care and prevention
of dementia. My father in law Walter
passed away after a long time of suffering from dementia. I saw a bright and funny ex-bank manager fade
away as the dementia took hold. I also
saw the effect that Walter’s dementia had on his family and friends and this
trip is a way for me to raise funds to help improve our understanding of this pernicious
disease.
At 19,341 feet (5,895 metres), Kilimanjaro is the highest
mountain on the African continent and the trek up the mountain is not for the
faint hearted (apparently). Whilst I can
prepare for the walking the one thing I can’t prepare for is the threat of
altitude sickness at such heights. However,
if Chris Moyles and Cheryl Cole can make it up there for Comic Relief…how hard
can it be ;-0
To be honest, I am most worried about the fund raising
aspect… I have to raise £3,900 for the
Alzheimer’s Society by November of this year!
I now need to start planning some activities to get the
money flowing; first up a horse racing night sometime at the start of July and
then I’m hoping to arrange another event at the beginning of September. Any fund raising suggestions are welcome!
Meantime, if you’d like to sponsor me, you can do so at the
following link:
More on my fundraising ideas and training progress to come J
