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1. 1. Kilimanjaro for Kirsty

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 04 April 2007 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.

2. 2. Kilimanjaro - Launch

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 05 August 2005 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.

3. 3. Mount Kilimanjaro

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 30 June 2005 Mount Kilimanjaro stands on an otherwise featureless part of the East African plateau, on the Tanzanian side of the Kenya border.

4. 4. Kilimanjaro - Day Three: Shira Plateau

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 10 August 2005 AWESOME views of the alpine moorland above the cloud level&  - and our first full view of Kilimanjaro.

5. 5. Kilimanjaro - Day Two: Machame Camp

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 09 August 2005 AT last we've started the climb on Kilimanjaro. Everyone feels so much better to be actually under way.

6. 6. Kilimanjaro - Day One: Keys Hotel

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 08 August 2005 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.

7. 7. Kilimanjaro - Day Six: Barafu Camp

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 13 August 2005 AS we trekked out of the Karanga Valley shortly after dawn the silence was broken by an enormous rumble from the summit of Kilimanjaro.

8. 8. Kilimanjaro conquered for Kirsty

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 13 August 2005 TODAY the Manchester Evening News team finally conquered Mount Kilimanjaro for Kirsty.

9. 9. Kilimanjaro - Day zero: not there

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 07 July 2005 Teaser Paragraph

10. 10. Kilimanjaro - Day Five: Karanga Valley

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 12 August 2005 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.

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