Office Christmas are delighted to announce that our very own Sophie Parry and the Help for Hero’s team made it to the top of Mount Killimanjaro on Thursday morning. We’re all very proud especially considering the adverse weather conditions that made their ascent even more dangerous and difficult than usual.

Read on for the teams story…

The H4H team began their attempt on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro at 11pm on Wednesday 28th. After a quick breakfast and a final kit check the team put on their head torches and made a start for the crater – some 1,000m above them.
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Next week one of our lovely event coordinators here at Office Christmas will be following the footsteps of Ali and Billy and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of her father’s charity ‘Help for Heroes’.

“I have heard all the horror stories from Ali and Billy and am absolutely terrified! I have asthma, not a fan of walking, hills, camping, the cold or being anywhere where there is no wine available. I’m still amazed that I have been dragged in to do this and if it wasn’t for my parents I would be buying high heels not long john’s this week…

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After a gruelling six day hike ascending the magnificent Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania Ali and Billy finally made it to the summit!

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“The last day’s climb proved everything it was hyped to be. We were tired, suffering with altitude sickness and couldn’t move faster than a shuffle. On the way up we crossed paths with climbers who couldn’t make it to the top on their way down, they were looking very sorry for themselves…

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This year Eclipse Leisure (of which Office Christmas is a trading name) celebrated ten years of delivering events and marked the occasion with a number of celebrations to practice what we preach.

Starting in April, the whole office was whisked off to Disneyland Paris for a weekend of thrills and spills across the Magic Kingdom…

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Ali and Billy are leaving for the dizzy heights of Kilimanjaro this evening. The Office Christmas team and everyone here at Eclipse Leisure wish them both all the best of luck on their adventure! We’re looking forward to hearing all their stories on their return and will post images here, so come back and check them out!

This November Sam, Claire and James of Office Christmas, will be undertaking The Brooks Brighton 10k; a fast race along the seafront of Brighton & Hove starting and finishing on Madeira Drive.

The aptly named team ‘Cool Runnings’ will be training four nights a week in the mountainous Hanover area of Brighton in order to achieve their goal of completing the course and beating their personal bests….

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Four members of the Office Christmas team are conquering their fears and challenging themselves to some of the most extreme conditions possible for charity.

Left to Right – Billy Mauseth, Alasdair Adam, Austin Mowat

Managing Director Alasdair Adam and Account Manager Billy Mauseth will be flying out to Tanzania to ascend Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. Leaving late September the pair will climb for six days, hiking the varying terrain of the gigantic inactive volcanoes before finally pushing themselves to the summit where they will face tough conditions such as high altitude and loose rock underfoot….

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