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“I know I can’t give up now, ‘though every cell in my body is shouting at me to stop. The thin air here at almost 6,000 metres is rasping my breathing in rapid gasps, cruelly teasing my lungs. My muscles … Continue reading →

The eleven members of the Peace Climb team reached the summit of Kilimanjaro around 4pm on UN Peace Day, struggling with the altitude, the severity of the climb and the pulling of the tyre.  All the Peace Messages have been spoken, … Continue reading →

Mount Kilimanjaro welcomes the peace climb team to school hut at 4,700 metres, our last camp before the summit attempt tomorrow morning.  We arrived in flowing mist and heavy snow and huddled into a tent with all our Tanzanian brothers … Continue reading →

Loving greetings from the northern slopes of Kilimanjaro at 4100m on day 5 of the ascent.  All the team have struggled to acclimatize but are now feeling good and along with the Tanzania support crew there is a wonderful team … Continue reading →

The second stage of the peace mission has been completed, but not without an extreme struggle that pushed most of the team to limits, testing the resolve to keep going when the body decides it’s had enough! Tess, Pete, Nicholas, … Continue reading →

Tess, Pete, Nicholas, Ann and Jackie have completed the first part of the peace mission. They have visited the game parks of Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire. They have communed with elegant giraffes, stately elephants, prowling lions, fun wharthogs, … Continue reading →

Tess Burrows talks to PositiveTV about her Kilimanjaro Peace Climb. They are going to climb the 5,895 meters to the top in order to arrive in time for World Peace day on the 21st of September. They will carry with … Continue reading →

The advance party of the Kilimanjaro Peace Climb, Tess, Pete, Ann, Jackie and Nicholas have arrived in Tanzania via Addis Ababa. Africa has greeted them with warm and lovely people, a temperature of 36 degrees, red dry parched Earth, water … Continue reading →

We are honoured that the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon has sent us a Peace Message to speak out from the top of Kilimanjaro. It will be the linchpin for the Nation Messages:- MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF … Continue reading →