{"id":189482,"date":"2025-06-16T17:06:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189482\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T17:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:06:13","slug":"local-man-set-to-conquer-kilimanjaro-to-raise-funds-for-birmingham-childrens-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189482\/","title":{"rendered":"Local man set to conquer Kilimanjaro to raise funds for Birmingham Children\u2019s Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Standing at a staggering 5,895 metres (19,341 feet), Kilimanjaro is no easy feat. Battling altitude sickness, freezing temperatures, and steep terrain over 11 gruelling days, Mathew will trek the Lemosho Route, considered one of the most scenic but demanding paths to the summit.\u00a0work they do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mathew has launched a dedicated fundraising campaign through his website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sponsormatty.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.sponsormatty.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Why It Matters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Birmingham Children\u2019s Hospital cares for more than 90,000 sick kids every year, providing specialist treatment and critical support to families across the UK. Donations raised through this challenge will help fund vital equipment, research, and mental health services.<\/p>\n<p>Mathew has already begun training, climbing peaks across the UK including Snowdon and Scafell Pike, and preparing for the extreme conditions he\u2019ll face on Kilimanjaro \u2014 from baking equatorial heat to sub-zero summit nights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Standing at a staggering 5,895 metres (19,341 feet), Kilimanjaro is no easy feat. Battling altitude sickness, freezing temperatures,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15,4350],"class_list":{"0":"post-189482","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-your-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114694139737946481","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}