Christmas On Kili - News & Media

Christmas Dinner On Kilimanjaro & Rwanda Trek 2006

News & Media Coverage

See below for the Newspaper, TV and Radio coverage of this expedition.

February 2007		The Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAEW) were interested in what their members get up to. This piece appeared in the February Chairman's Statement.
10th January 2007		Insider Magazine had an amusing dig at the way Yorkshire Directors spend their holidays.
10th January 2007		Interview with BBC Radio Leeds about the trip (MP3).
9th January 2007		The Telegraph & Argus got in on the act and also very kindly published our VERY OWN CARTOON on their letters page.
8th January 2007		The London Metro picked up on the story as something to entertain the commuters.
6th January 2007		Our antics also made it onto Calendar TV News (WMV Video)
6th January 2007		The Yorkshire Post ("Yorkshire's National Newspaper") published the story of our glorious return.
6th January 2007		The Yorkshire Evening Post were the first to congratulate us..
Christmas Day / Boxing Day		Christmas Dinner is succesfully held at Kibo Huts (4,720m or 15,500ft) at 6:00pm on Christmas Day on Mount Kilimanjaro during a brief break in the terrible weather. Tom goes on, after a gruelling 8 hour night ascent, to have after dinner drinks at Gilman's Point at 5,681m or 18,638ft at 9:00am. The early weather on summit day was good but soon turned very nasty again with deep snow on the crater ridge!
23rd December 2006		They also did a pre-expedition launch piece just before Christmas.
18th December 2006		Marie Curie Cancer Care published an article on their website and in their magazine.
15th December 2006		The York Press were the first to pick up on the story.