{"id":1409,"date":"2012-02-28T13:44:31","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T13:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1409"},"modified":"2012-02-28T13:44:31","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T13:44:31","slug":"group-climb-mt-kilimanjaro-for-military-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/group-climb-mt-kilimanjaro-for-military-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Group climb Mt Kilimanjaro for military charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A one-legged man has trekked to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for an armed forces charity.<\/p>\n<p>John Sandford-Hart is collecting cash for Pilgrim Bandits and has been joined on the expedition by a number of ex-military personnel and Dragons' Den star Duncan Bannatyne, the Bournemouth Echo reports.<\/p>\n<p>It is the second time Sandford-Hart &ndash; who lost his limb in a boating accident &ndash; has completed the challenge and the group hopes to raise over &pound;12,000.<\/p>\n<p>In total, four of the ex-servicemen who took part had lost a leg.<\/p>\n<p>Rhys Jones, who helped organise the expedition, stated: &quot;Killimanjaro is the highest walkable mountain in the world, but this is a tough climb, a real challenge for anyone, let alone someone with a prosthetic leg.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Pilgrim Bandits &ndash; which is based in the New Forest &ndash; seeks to help injured servicemen and women take on adventure trips to help them get their confidence back.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Simon Williams<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-801304615-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=801304615\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some 27 people scaled Mount Kilimanjaro as part of a charity initiative. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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