Ol' Painting - Mt Kilimanjaro for the Ovarian Cancer Cure

"Mt Kilimanjaro for Ovarian Cancer Cure" is proudly organised and sponsored by Ol' Painting

Ol’Painting is a proud sponsor and organiser of the Mt Kilimanjaro for Ovarian Cancer Cure charity expedition. In February 2010 our team climbed Mt Kilimanjaro to raise money for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation OCRF

Thanks from the bottom of our harts to all our clients, friend and family who sponsored, helped, and supported us!

The final summit night was so hard - the only thing that kept us going was your support. It sounds like a cliché, but it’s very-very much true!

Thank you for your helping a good cause and giving us this extra motivation we needed so much to get to the top!

Ol’Painting - Mt Kilimanjaro for Ovarian Cancer Cure

· Across Australia one woman dies every 10 hours from an ovarian cancer.

· One in 70 women will develop ovarian cancer in their lifetime, equal to a lifetime risk of 1.4%

· Only 42% of woman will survive 5 years after first diagnosed.

· If the ovarian cancer is diagnosed & treated early, between 80-100% of patients will survive for more than five years.

· The medium age for first diagnosis is 64 years of age.

· 64% of woman incorrectly thinks that a pap smear detects ovarian cancer.

· There is no effective test for ovarian cancer yet.

Help us to get a

cure quicker!

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At 5,896m (19,344ft), Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest pick in Africa and the world highest free-standing mountain.

Situated just 3 degrees of the equator Kilimanjaro is permanently snow-capped.

The local Chagga people believed that Kili’s summit is covered in piles of silver & precious stones, and is jealously guarded by spirits. Anybody trying to reach the spirit would be punished with illness (altitude sickness) & severe cold (-20C). The ‘silver’ would mysteriously turn into water if taken from the mountain.

The climb took 6 days and went through every climate zone—from tropics to arctic. With the right preparation one can climb to the summit without the need of a rope or technical climbing equipment. But it is a very serious undertaking. Luck of oxygen and altitude are the really big obstacles. Every year few trekkers die on a mountain from the altitude sickness.

Ol’Painting paid the cost of the expedition ourselves. All raised money went to the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation (OCRF).

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2 years ago Sasha’s mum passed away from an ovarian cancer. She was diagnosed just 9 months earlier. It is very hard to want a person you love dying and not being able to help.

In Australia alone one women dies every 10 hours from an ovarian cancer!

It is one of most common & most lethal cancers. There is no test to diagnose it. Its symptoms are very mild & can be a part of everyday life. It is usually found on later stages when a cancer has spread to the other organs and survival chances are very low.

We decided to help getting a test & a cure quicker.

So in February 2010 two of us set to climb Mt Kilimanjaro to raise money for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation. We promised to work our guts out, fight all weather, altitude sickness & anything else on our way on the top. But we ask for your donation to the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation! We are happy to report that we reached our goral. Thank you everyone who helped us!

Why did we do it?

Click here for a slideshow of our expedition