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Alzheimer's 10th Anniversary Climb in Tanzania For Fundraising West Coast team will climb Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise funds for the Alzheimer's Society in September 2008, building on nine previous climbs of the famed Tanzanian mountain. It's called Ascent for Alzheimer's and ten British Columbians will take ten days to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise research dollars and awareness for the awful disease. Only 130 Canadians have made the trek so far and this will be the 10th anniversary summit. Motivation Why would one want to initiate a hike up the 5,800 metres summit which is almost 2,000 metres higher than Canada's tallest, Mt. Robson? A survey of the 2008 team revealed that the reasons fell into three categories: family connection, 60% of the team have had a family member who suffered from Alzheimer's or dementia. related work,... [read full story]
