Seven summits for charity
CLIMBING seven summits in seven days: that is the aim of South Africa’s top men’s trail athlete, in order to raise funds to help disabled children enjoy the freedom to move and learn.
Christiaan Greyling’s challenge is open to anyone to participate anywhere in the country.
Greyling made headlines in 2016 when he slept on Table Mountain and ran 21km to and from his job in Wynberg, each day for a week, to raise awareness of the transport issues that many face on a daily basis.
“My new challenge aims to make people aware of the challenges that disabled children face. To do this, I will summit seven Western Cape mountains, of more than 1 000m vertical ascent each, in seven days, to raise funds for a state-of-the-art special care school with a clinic and specially-designed playground to aid movement,” Greyling said.
Greyling wants to enable children with disabilities to have the same access to education and playground equipment as other children.
“By summiting a mountain a day I’m aiming to raise R1 for every one vertical metre climbed during the week by any of the club members, with the final goal being R50 000,” he said.
His chosen charity is a project called Starting Chance.
The NPO in Mfuleni supports more than 150 teachers and 10 000 children at nine crèches, improving access to quality early childhood education through teacher training and developing their physical structures.
Adventurers wishing to take part can join Greyling’s Strava Club: https:// www.strava.com/clubs/7summits4SC and the less adventurous who still want to get involved can donate at: https:// www.givengain.com/e/7-summits-forstarting-chance/