On the 6 June 2020 Mike Gerrish, Simon Shepherd and Jake Gerrish (The KILI BILL Three) will be attempting to climb Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain and the highest single free-standing mountain in the world! Kilimanjaro sits in the east African country of Tanzania and is 5,895m [19,341ft] high (Everest is 8,848m [29,029ft] high). There are many ways up the mountain but we have chosen to take the Lemosho Route. We chose this due to the varied scenery and because it is one of the longest routes (we spend 8 days on the mountain). Altitude sickness can be a problem and so by increasing the time on the accent we hope to give ourselves the best chance of acclimatisation and summit success. We are funding all expenses for the trip ourselves so any sponsorship money goes directly to Dementia UK. Dementia is a disease that has affected close family members of all three of us (Mike's mother/Jake's grandmother, Helen Gerrish and Simon's father, Don Shepherd). So undoubtedly all three of us will be thinking of them as we make our way up the mountain. Another person who will also be in our thoughts, especially for Simon will be Gill Shepherd, Simon's mum, who sadly passed away last year. Gill was one of life's great adventurers and during her life travelled to many corners of the world. She would have loved the thought of us having a crack at this! Of course we are also doing this for ourselves, we hope that this will be an adventure that we share, enjoy and remember forever. Sponsorship Obviously we are hoping to raise as much money as we can and we are sure friends and family won't let us down. We are however also looking for corporate sponsorship. We will be getting Team T-shirts printed which will have space for company logos. In the run up to the climb we will be publishing various publicity shots (Facebook / LinkedIn etc..) in order to raise more money for Dementia UK. During this time we will be thanking companies who have directly sponsored us.