On Monday (March 1) at least two dozen men and women representing the domain industry will begin a climb of more than 19,000 feet to the peak of Tanzania's majestic Mount 

Kilimanjaro. They are doing it to raise funds for The Water School, an extremely worthy charity whose mission is to provide simple, safe, strategic, and sustainable clean water solutions to the developing world. Their exceptionally cost effective solar disinfection system is helping to stop waterborne diseases and save thousands of lives.

Gregg McNair and Rick Latona spearheaded the effort to put together an  industry climb team with each climber raising funds from their own sponsors and donors to support the mission. The climbers are putting themselves on the line for a cause they deeply believe in and this week-long ascent and descent, requiring 6-7 hours of daily hiking, is going to be extremely challenging for all of them. 

Mount Kilimanjaro

Gregg McNair
PPX International

In a letter I received from McNair today he wrote, "Many of us have been stretched to the absolute limit with travel and so many shows the past two months, plus having to work out every day in preparation for the climb. Information on the web says  that "Last year there were 997 evacuations from the mountain. The number of deaths on Kilimanjaro is not known but is estimated to be some 20-30 each year" So this is no walk in the park and all the climbers are taking it very seriously...especially me!"  

You can see the complete list of who is climbing and make a donation (any amount will be appreciated) to one or more climbers on this page at the climb's website - Kili2010.com. McNair said "Each climber was given an ambitious sponsorship target of raising $1 per foot climbed - $19,340 total. Now none of us have yet reached that mark but it is not too late to jump on the site and give for the kids in Africa and Haiti and at the same time encourage someone to keep plodding up that hill!"