Personal Challenge

Trekkin' Tahan

  • 24/03/2013 - 29/05/2013

Pia Andreewitch is participating in Trekkin' Tahan
and is fundraising for Climb Any Mountain

My Story

Hello Dear Friends, As many of you know, I will be trekking through a Malaysian rainforest called Taman Nagara, and up Mount Tahan the last week of March. The trek will take four days, as we make our way into the deep and dark jungle and then up the mountain. Physically, the trek will be challenging to say the least; we'll cover a distance of over 60km and the first two days we will be walking upwards only , covering an incline of about 2000m. On the third day we'll wake up very early in the morning and reach the summit by sunrise, and then head down again, leaving the forest late on the fourth day. The challenge however, does not end with the physical! We will be completely removed from all civilization, sleeping in tents, carrying everything we need, dealing the creepy crawlies and intense humidity and so on. I started training for this endevour a while ago, climbing anything mountain-like in Singapore, preparing myself best I can! What I've really figured out is that I don't enjoy hiking or walking upwards at all - this is going to be a full on adventure for me, taking me way outside my comfort zone. (If you're interested in reading about my training efforts, visit http://www.climbanymountain.org/training-to-trek-mount-tahan/ to read my blog.) Of course, I am doing all this for a good cause - otherwise I'd be nowhere near a rainforest, or a tent for that matter! Climb Any Mountain is a charity some friends and I started in January 2012. We support adults with learning disabilities and mental illness in South Africa, and are currently raising funds to build our first supported living house - our first step towards transforming what is available in South Africa. Through simplygiving.com you can make safe and secure donations to sponsor me. The proceeds of your support are immediately sent directly to my charity. No donation is too small (or too big)!! Thank you in advance and I'll let you know how I get on!! Pia
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Recent Donors

  • Your Balestier Neighbor

    Zero leeches...not impressed!!

    GBP 50 04/04/2013 03:24:18 PM UTC

  • Kim

    Congratulations Pia! So proud of you for taking on the jungle (and winning!), and for being such an inspiration.

    GBP 100 04/03/2013 08:31:57 PM UTC

  • Susanna H

    GO Pia, you are awesome and inspire us all for bette things !

    GBP 100 03/27/2013 06:07:07 AM UTC

  • NataLloyd xx

    Good luck lovely lady! Have fun- I look forward hearing about your adventures soon... Lots of love xx

    GBP 10 03/24/2013 07:45:03 PM UTC

  • Ian

    Good Luck Pia!

    GBP 25 03/21/2013 11:16:47 AM UTC

  • Zita Syme

    Good luck and safe travels xx

    GBP 10 03/21/2013 09:15:01 AM UTC

  • Gregor Andreewitch

    Have fun on your rumble in the jungle!!!

    GBP 250 03/20/2013 04:22:06 PM UTC

  • Anonymous

    GBP 100 03/16/2013 09:30:34 PM UTC

  • Fiona O'Shea

    GBP 25 03/16/2013 02:43:14 PM UTC

  • Elliot Joe Bennett

    Go Pia..... :) Much love and good luck xx

    GBP 10 03/15/2013 01:58:31 PM UTC

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