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Join
Sandy Dhuyvetter and Graham Farebrother on a
special trek up Kilimanjaro San Diego,
CA Travel Talk RadioTM announced its participation
in the Trek for Life, a climb up Kilimanjaro.
Graham Farebrother, owner of Absolute Adventure
Travel, is organizing this trip of a lifetime for
listeners of Travel Talk Radio and Sandy
Dhuyvetter, executive producer and host. In
February 2005, Sandy and her listeners will be
climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, promoting
adventure travel and raising proceeds for research
on a cure for Neurofibromatosis. http://www.traveltalkradio.com/kili
Sandy has
been fascinated with climbing Kilimanjaro for
several years. Having interviewed climbers, authors
and moviemakers on the subject, Sandy realized that
reaching the summit could be accomplished.
Kilimanjaro is not a technical climb, a fact that
is encouraging for the average traveler.
Nonetheless, this trek will be an incredible
adventure and the chance for unparalleled personal
achievement. Graham Farebrother has climbed
Kilimanjaro and is also the tour organizer. He will
be personally leading the climbing
party. "After a
few conversations with Graham, " noted Ms.
Dhuyvetter, I was committed to making the trek with
Graham and to do so with a charitable purpose and
giving something back to this wonderful world we
live in. Graham brings experience and enrichment to
this adventure as we climb the 19,340 feet to the
summit of Kilimanjaro and he is the recipient of
the Best Luxury Tour Operator in Tanzania Award
from the Tanzania Tourism Board in 2003. We are
honored to be working with him and we are extending
a personal invitation to all our viewers and
listeners to join us as we take part in this trip
of a lifetime. Not only will you be undertaking a
personal challenge of major proportions, you will
also be making a real difference as we help raise
funds to find a cure for Neurofibromatosis, an
oftentimes fatal disease that affects 1 out of
every 4,000 people." Graham
Farebrother detailed the trek: " We will be taking
the most beautiful route to the summit of
Kilimanjaro by way of the Lemosho Glades, Shira
Plateau and the Western Breach. Our trek is
longer than most in terms of distance and time on
the mountain, taking seven nights to reach the
summit. This longer and intentionally slower
route is not just beautiful; it is also the safest
and most successful route on the mountain.
The extra days make a huge beneficial impact on the
climbers' acclimatization and make the chances of a
successful summit a high probability. Our guides on
the mountain are quite simply the very best.
We have used them for many years and are looking
forward to climbing with them again. When
David Breashears filmed his IMAX movie Kilimanjaro
&endash; To the Roof of Africa, he used the same
guides." Added Farebrother, "The trek will be a
good physical challenge, an opportunity to raise
funds for a most worthy cause and a lot of fun. We
invite you to join our trek and raise funds for the
fight for the cure and treatment of
Neurofibromatosis. In return for raising
funds for the charity we are offering you
preferential rates for both the trek and airfare.
Our goal is to raise US$75,000 net funds for
charity and we hope you will be able to assist
us". Neurofibromatosis Neurofibromatosis
(NF) is not a rare disorder, it is the most common
neurological disorder caused by a single gene. NF
has been classified into two distinct types, NF1
and NF2 with NF1 being the more common form and
affecting approximately 1:4,000 births throughout
the world. Both NF1 and NF2 are genetically
determined disorders that affect more than 100,000
Americans. This fact makes NF more prevalent than
Cystic Fibrosis, hereditary Muscular Dystrophy,
Huntington's Disease and Tay Sachs combined. Both
forms of NF are autosomal dominant genetic
disorders that can be inherited from a parent who
has NF or may be the result of a new or
"spontaneous mutation" (change) in the sperm or egg
cell. Each child of an affected parent has a 50%
chance of inheriting the gene and developing NF.
The type of NF (i.e., NF1 or NF2) inherited by the
child is always the same as that of the affected
parent, although the severity of the manifestations
may differ from person to person within a
family. Although
most cases of NF1 are mild to moderate, NF can lead
to disfigurement; blindness; deafness; skeletal
abnormalities; dermal, brain and spinal tumors;
loss of limbs; malignancies; and learning
disabilities. NF also has a connection to
developmental problems, especially learning
disabilities, which are five times more common in
the NF population than in the general
population. NF is
worldwide in distribution and affects both sexes
equally and has no particular racial, geographic or
ethnic distribution. Therefore, NF can appear in
any family. Accordingly, NF research may benefit an
additional 100 million Americans (i.e. 65 million
with cancer and 35 million with learning
disabilities). NF research
began eighteen years ago by the National
Neurofibromatosis Foundation and has been
enormously productive ever since. Costs:
Climb Kilimanjaro for $999! For this
charity trek the cost is US$999 plus airfare. If
you agree to raise US$5,000 or more, for charity we
will charge you just US$999 for the
trek. The trek on
Kilimanjaro is ordinarily priced at US$3,861 per
person plus airfare from Newark, which is typically
US$1,775 for a total of approximately
US$5,636. However, Absolute Adventure Travel
is heavily discounting the trek rate in order to
raise funds for Neurofibromatosis research. In
addition, we have a special airfare from Newark to
Kilimanjaro International Airport, via Amsterdam,
on KLM for only of US$1,584 per person - a saving
of approximately US$200 per person.
There
are two ways participants may pay for the
trek: 1.)
Participants pay only US$999 per person for the
trek and raise US$5,000 or more for the charity
Texas Neurofibromatosis Foundation &endash; a 501
(C) (3) organization. Donations will be eligible
for tax deductions as allowed by the
IRS. OR 2.)
Participants pay the standard trek fee, US$3,861
and a donation of $577 will be made by Absolute
Adventure Travel to Texas Neurofibromatosis
Foundation. Accommodations,
Private transfers, Full Service Trek, Not
included in the price: Any items
of a personal nature such as hotel or camp extra
charges, telephone calls, souvenirs, immunizations,
passports and visas, travel insurance and
gratuities. Not
included in the price: Any items
of a personal nature such as hotel or camp extra
charges, telephone calls, souvenirs, immunizations,
passports and visas, travel insurance and
gratuities. If you are
interested in learning more, go to:
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luxury adventure travel for discerning travelers,
providing a personal touch with unsurpassed value
and great memories. Scheduled destinations include
tours to Nepal, Britain, South America and Africa.
For more information, call 713-807-9620 or toll
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