Duncan Chessell, 35, is a professional mountaineer and adventurer. He is the only South Australian to have reached the top of Mt. Everest. He reached the summit in 2001 but sadly during the expedition it claimed the life of his friend Mark Auricht, 37.
This time he took on Mt. Kilimanjaro. Duncan led a team of Australian cancer survivors to the top of the mountain in Africa. The expedition marks the twenty first birthday of the cancer support group CanTeen. The climbing group included a number of people who were celebrating five years of being cancer free.
CanTeen is a New Zealand organization supporting young people living with cancer. It was established to ensure that no young person in New Zealand will have to face cancer alone.
1. “The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” Michelangelo
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Posted at 8:09AM on Sep 6th 2006 by luminouscarl