There seems to be a gene on my Father’s side that has unfortunate effects on some members of the family. It seems that certain relations are more likely to come up with stupid ideas for adventures that involve far too much exercise and effort. Generally for charity, but sometimes just for the feeling of jubilation when you realise that you’ve survived the thing.
My uncle runs marathons. I walked a marathon overnight.
And now my brother has decided to cycle from London to Cape Town. And just because that wasn’t tough enough he’s planning to stop off to climb Kilimanjaro. He’s been talking about it for a while now, but he’s starting to sound a bit organised and apparently his employer has ok’d it, so I figure that I should support it a bit. Particularly given that he’s not decided not to cycle through any war zones.
He’s looking for education based charities working in Africa to do it for, so if you have any suggestions you can email him through the website.
http://www.eyeonafrica.co.uk/
There’s also a facebook group where you can tell him exactly how mad you think he is.
It should be pointed out that the particular gene seems to be recessive in Dad... :-)
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