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Spartan Challenge
Date/Time Sunday 24th July 2011
 
Spartan Challenge
 
Thank you very much to those of you who supported SLWT by sponsoring me for the Spartan Challenge 2011.
 
 I am happy to report that after 55 minutes of a gruelling Cambridge barracks, which included but was not limited to scaling walls, crawling through ice pits, under barbed wire, negotiating tunnels and running through fire, my Spartan credentials are truly established.
 
Looking back on the experience I don’t think I have ever been pushed so much physically or mentally and definitely without the backing of the sponsors, I would not have taken the plunge into the ice cold river after 30 minutes of running for the swim across the island.
A special thanks to goes to Nigel Burgess for taking time to drive us out to Cambridge and cheering us on all the way to the finishing line.
 
Also thank you very much to those of you who came down to watch the event.
Certainly without the COME-ONs I would have stopped short of the end.
 
Finally, big thank you again to all who have sponsored the Spartan Challenge 2011, your donations are truly appreciated and will be instrument in changing lives in Sierra Leone.
 
My home page (http://www.justgiving.com/Terry-Hunter) is still open so if you haven’t had a chance to visit it please do so now.
 
 

 


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The Bumbuna Falls of the Rokel River

The Bumbuna Falls of the River Rokel

In the Loma Mountains of Sierra Leone are West Africa’s highest mainland mountain, Mount Bintumani, and the source of the country’s largest river, The Rokel. The mountains are in the northeast of Sierra Leone and many rare species of wildlife are found in its forests. Mount Bintumani (aka Mt Binitmani or Loma Mansa) stands at 6,381 feet (1,945 metres) high.
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