Pub quartet complete Kilimanjaro climb
Four pub operators have returned to the UK after successfully climbing Mount Kilimanjaro — 5,895 metres high — for charity.
Paul Salisbury, who runs Lovely Pubs and has opened more than 50 Project Orange gastro-pubs for Mitchells & Butlers, David Salisbury, who runs Salisbury pubs, and Lee Cash, who runs Peach Pub Company, plus Peach staffer Tim Doyle have raised £30,000 after completing the week-long trip.
Paul Salisbury said: "It was bloody hard work — a long hard slog. None of us suffered altitude sickness and I was first up by ten minutes - the other three would say it's because I didn't have a rucksack. We spent five days working our way up and acclimatising.
"The last seven hour push through the night is the killer. Then it takes a day-and-a-half to come down on the easier route. It was great but I wouldn't do it again."
The group threw a party for 300 people at Peach Pub Company's Almanack in Kenilworth on Sunday for their return. The intrepid bunch can still be sponsored on www.thethreemountaineers.co.uk.
