<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<rss version="2.0"
 xmlns:blogChannel="http://backend.userland.com/blogChannelModule"
>

<channel>
<title>Manchester Evening News - RSS Feed</title>
<link>http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/</link>
<description>Top stories for Kilimanjaro</description>
<language>en</language>
<copyright>&#x26;copy; manchestereveningnews 2010, see manchestereveningnews/terms for terms and conditions of reuse</copyright>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
<lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0000</lastBuildDate>
<ttl>15</ttl>

<image>
<title>Latest news, sport, business, comment and reviews from the Manchester Evening News | manchestereveningnews</title>
<url>http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/static/img/men2.png</url>
<link>http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/</link>
<width>29</width>
<height>50</height>
<description>MEN Logo</description>
</image>
<item>
<title>Kilimanjaro for Kirsty</title>
<link>http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/1003/1003812_kilimanjaro_for_kirsty.html?rss=yes</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p>EIGHT adventurers - led by M.E.N. editor Paul Horrocks - raised thousands of pounds by trekking to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Kenya. They spent six days climbing the 20,000ft peak to help the appeal raise £5m to secure the future of Francis House Children's Hospice in Didsbury. Follow their mission in our Special Report.</p>]]></description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/1003/1003812_kilimanjaro_for_kirsty.html?rss=yes</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:48:58 -0000</pubDate>
<enclosure length="1905" url="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/65.$plit/C_71_article_1003812_short_teaser_group_short_teaser_image.jpg" type="image/jpeg" />
</item>
<item>
<title>Kilimanjaro - Day Six: Barafu Camp</title>
<link>http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/166/166413_kilimanjaro__day_six_barafu_camp.html?rss=yes</link>
<description><![CDATA[AS we trekked out of the Karanga Valley shortly after dawn the silence was broken by an enormous rumble from the summit of Kilimanjaro.
]]></description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/166/166413_kilimanjaro__day_six_barafu_camp.html?rss=yes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:55:49 -0000</pubDate>
<enclosure length="2672" url="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/308.$plit/C_71_Articles_166413_TeaserImage.jpg" type="image/jpeg" />
</item>
<item>
<title>Kilimanjaro conquered for Kirsty</title>
<link>http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/169/169506_kilimanjaro_conquered_for_kirsty.html?rss=yes</link>
<description><![CDATA[TODAY the Manchester Evening News team finally conquered Mount Kilimanjaro for Kirsty.
]]></description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/169/169506_kilimanjaro_conquered_for_kirsty.html?rss=yes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:55:24 -0000</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Kilimanjaro - Day Seven: On top of the world!</title>
<link>http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/169/169641_kilimanjaro__day_seven_on_top_of_the_world.html?rss=yes</link>
<description><![CDATA[IT was an emotional moment when we unfurled the banner on the rooftop of Africa - for our group of eight fundraisers it was the pinnacle of all our training.
]]></description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/169/169641_kilimanjaro__day_seven_on_top_of_the_world.html?rss=yes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:54:58 -0000</pubDate>
<enclosure length="1882" url="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/927.$plit/C_71_Articles_169641_TeaserImage.jpg" type="image/jpeg" />
</item>
<item>
<title>Kilimanjaro: Drama on Day 5</title>
<link>http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/169/169299_kilimanjaro_drama_on_day_5.html?rss=yes</link>
<description><![CDATA[OUR mountain guide, Elias Massawe, saved a porter’s life as we scaled a steep slope at the entrance to the Karanga valley camp.]]></description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/169/169299_kilimanjaro_drama_on_day_5.html?rss=yes</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:26:09 -0000</pubDate>
<enclosure length="2922" url="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/473.$plit/C_71_Articles_169299_TeaserImage.jpg" type="image/jpeg" />
</item>
<item>
<title>Leave a message for the team</title>
<link>http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/164/164533_leave_a_message_for_the_team.html?rss=yes</link>
<description><![CDATA[SHOW your support for the team and view the messages already submitted.]]></description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/164/164533_leave_a_message_for_the_team.html?rss=yes</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:23:53 -0000</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Kilimanjaro - Day Five: Karanga Valley</title>
<link>http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/166/166412_kilimanjaro__day_five_karanga_valley.html?rss=yes</link>
<description><![CDATA[A DEMON in my head which has been waiting for me all along during this trek is now behind me -  a fearsome 300m high volcanic cliff face.]]></description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/166/166412_kilimanjaro__day_five_karanga_valley.html?rss=yes</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:18:57 -0000</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Kilimanjaro - Day Four: Barranco Camp</title>
<link>http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/166/166411_kilimanjaro__day_four_barranco_camp.html?rss=yes</link>
<description><![CDATA[TODAY was a gruelling walk across a lunar-type landscape from Shira camp to Barranco.]]></description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/166/166411_kilimanjaro__day_four_barranco_camp.html?rss=yes</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:18:57 -0000</pubDate>
<enclosure length="3522" url="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/531.$plit/C_71_Articles_166411_TeaserImage.jpg" type="image/jpeg" />
</item>
<item>
<title>Kilimanjaro - Day Three: Shira Plateau</title>
<link>http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/166/166410_kilimanjaro__day_three_shira_plateau.html?rss=yes</link>
<description><![CDATA[AWESOME views of the alpine moorland above the cloud level  - and our first full view of Kilimanjaro.]]></description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/166/166410_kilimanjaro__day_three_shira_plateau.html?rss=yes</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:18:57 -0000</pubDate>
<enclosure length="3143" url="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/829.$plit/C_71_Articles_166410_TeaserImage.jpg" type="image/jpeg" />
</item>
<item>
<title>Kilimanjaro - Day Two: Machame Camp</title>
<link>http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/166/166409_kilimanjaro__day_two_machame_camp.html?rss=yes</link>
<description><![CDATA[AT last we've started the climb on Kilimanjaro. Everyone feels so much better to be actually under way.]]></description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/166/166409_kilimanjaro__day_two_machame_camp.html?rss=yes</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:18:57 -0000</pubDate>
<enclosure length="2526" url="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/158.$plit/C_71_Articles_166409_TeaserImage.jpg" type="image/jpeg" />
</item>
<item>
<title>Kilimanjaro - Day One: Keys Hotel</title>
<link>http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/166/166408_kilimanjaro__day_one_keys_hotel.html?rss=yes</link>
<description><![CDATA[OUR intrepid team of adventurers has reached the starting point for the ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in aid of the Kirsty Howard Appeal for Francis House. Their quest is about to begin for real.]]></description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/166/166408_kilimanjaro__day_one_keys_hotel.html?rss=yes</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:18:57 -0000</pubDate>
<enclosure length="2585" url="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/203.$plit/C_71_Articles_166408_TeaserImage.jpg" type="image/jpeg" />
</item>
<item>
<title>Kilimanjaro - Launch</title>
<link>http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/166/166407_kilimanjaro__launch.html?rss=yes</link>
<description><![CDATA[YOU can read too much before embarking on the adventure of a lifetime. I have studied so many reports on the physical demands required to climb Mt Kilimanjaro, I'm already dizzy with stories of altitude sickness before the 19,340 ft glacier summit. ]]></description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/166/166407_kilimanjaro__launch.html?rss=yes</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:18:57 -0000</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Kirsty sends good luck message to the team</title>
<link>http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/168/168651_kirsty_sends_good_luck_message_to_the_team.html?rss=yes</link>
<description><![CDATA[KIRSTY Howard has sent a special good luck card to the fundraising team from the M.E.N. from her hospital bed. The nine-year-old is recovering after a relapse that saw her put on a life support machine in the intensive care unit earlier this month.]]></description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/168/168651_kirsty_sends_good_luck_message_to_the_team.html?rss=yes</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:11:02 -0000</pubDate>
<enclosure length="2139" url="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/892.$plit/C_71_Articles_168651_TeaserImage.jpg" type="image/jpeg" />
</item>
<item>
<title>Kirsty team back on course</title>
<link>http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/168/168589_kirsty_team_back_on_course.html?rss=yes</link>
<description><![CDATA[THE team of Kirsty Appeal fundraisers from the Manchester Evening News were back on course today for their African mission. They were flying out from Heathrow after a technical hitch forced their plane to return to Britain last night.<br />]]></description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/168/168589_kirsty_team_back_on_course.html?rss=yes</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:11:01 -0000</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Hitting the heights for Kirsty</title>
<link>http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/168/168466_hitting_the_heights_for_kirsty.html?rss=yes</link>
<description><![CDATA[THEY'RE off - the team from the Manchester Evening News were flying out today to climb Africa's highest mountain to raise money for the Kirsty Appeal. The eight adventurers hope to raise thousands of pounds by trekking to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Kenya.]]></description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/special_reports/kilimanjaro/s/168/168466_hitting_the_heights_for_kirsty.html?rss=yes</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:11:00 -0000</pubDate>
<enclosure length="2603" url="http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/258.$plit/C_71_Articles_168466_TeaserImage.jpg" type="image/jpeg" />
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
