Jon Amos is going to
try and top out on Africa's highest peak,
despite being a wheelchair user Jon and
his team have no doubts that the expedition
and it's aims will be successful.
We
plan to keep the Project '98 web pages updated so keep coming back
for more news.
Project '98 was first conceived by Derek
Groves and Jon Amos who are both coaches
of the British Weightlifting Association
for the Disabled, shortly after a similar
but smaller venture which took place in
June 1996 called 'To the top of Great Gable'.
On that particular venture Derek and a team
of his work colleagues from Hull Prison
helped Jon Amos, an international wheelchair
athlete, to reach the summit of 2949 ft
Great Gable Mountain in the Lake District
and in doing so raised not only some £4000
for charity but also an awareness of the
limitless goals which can be achieved by
people with a disability - this was endorsed
afterwards with articles in not only the
local press but two National Magazines and
with video footage shown on Television.
To the Top of Great Gable was planned and
completed in just three months, yet still
a good level of publicity and funds were
raised, whereas, project '98 'The Roof of
Africa' will take most of 1997 to finalise
and should hopefully supersede all aspects
of our previous adventure. Aims and Values
For us Kilimanjaro will now become the 'Challenge
of Endeavour' to heighten awareness of disability
sports and the celebrating of 50 years of
wheelchair sports.
This was first started
by Dr Ludwig Guttman at stoke Mandeville
hospital, and continues through the dedicated
efforts of the British Wheelchair Sports
Foundation with a unique enterprise to achieve
personal and collective goals and to foster
global friendship through sport, education
and endeavour.
Project
'98 Aims To take a wheelchair athlete as high on Kilimanjaro as possible,
in addition the expedition will involve itself in other local activities
with the aim of developing both local and national sports development
ant healthcare programmes In addition to the task to get Jon Amos
as high on Kilimanjaro as possible the expedition is set to raise,
through corporate and public sponsorship, funds for charity including
both the British Weightlifting Association for the Disabled and the
British Wheelchair Sports Foundation. A book is planned covering the
whole expedition from start to finish and a documentary film is being
shot covering key stages of training, planning and the expedition
