Two Men From U.K. Raise over 75,000 Pounds for Cerebral Palsy

Two men in the U.K. have raised more than 75,000 pounds for cerebral palsy charity Scope by climbing Africa's highest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Mark Lilliott and Ben Jury led a 22 person team that dealt with altitude sickness during an arduous journey up the inactive volcano, which at 19,343 ft dominates the sky between Tanzania and Kenya.

These two men work for Clydesdale Bank in the Financial Solutions Center and have prepared the trip with endurance training like running in marathons.

"It was very tough...The altitude makes everything harder and a lot of the group suffered with sickness and bad headaches.

Mark said that the challenge of climbing the mountain was what had originally attracted he and Ben to the project, however, they both gained a different perspective by meeting with people with experiences of cerebral palsy.

He also added: "Once we started fund raising in earnest outside local supermarkets we came into contact with people with direct connections to cerebral palsy and that really made quite a difference to the way we viewed it. It really hit home and made us determined to reach our fund raising target and to get to the top of Kilimanjaro."

Altogether, the group was able to raise more than 75,000 pounds for Scope as a result of a nine-day expedition.

How cool is that?