Domain Industry Climb Team Reaches the Summit of Mount Kilimanjaro and Returns Safely to Base

The group of more than two dozen domain industry pros who went to Tanzania, Africa to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in a fund raising effort for The Water School have finished their

mission. 26 of the 27 climbers reached the 19,340 foot peak and in the process raised approximately $180,000 for the non-profit organization that has developed a cost effective water purification program that is saving lives in Africa and other developing nations around the world.

The team was led by Gregg McNair (PPX International) and Rick Latona (Latonas.com). I just got a email from Gregg to let me know everyone was safely off the mountain, completing a successful mission. More details and photos will be coming soon. The first picture I saw from the summit was one posted by climber Jazmin Carillo of Parked.com on her Facebook page. 

Jazmin Carillo (Parked.com) at the summit of Mount 
Kilimanjaro Friday (March 5). Over 2 dozen members 
 of a domain industry climb team also reached the peak  
and raised approximately $180,000 for the Water School.

Congratulations to all of the remarkable members of this climb team (the full list is here). This was a great achievement that will save many people from illnesses and death spread by unsafe drinking water. I know this was a difficult task that took a physical toll on many of the participants. On the way back down from the summit, McNair said that his feet were so blistered he could no longer keep up with the group so had to call for help to carry him down the final stretch to base camp. McNair had told everyone going in that this was not going to be a walk in the park for anyone and it surely wasn't.