CLIMBER BLOG: Brooke Fedro
Why I joined SOTSK
In April of 2008, Kenna shared an idea. Climb Kilimanjaro with people who can help lead and guide the water issue. It became my job to give his vision a pulse and strong legs to walk on. It was simple, this was a story that needed telling…an issue that needed light. Little did I know that almost 2 years later I’d be able to look Kenna in the eye and say, “We did it!”
Not only did we bring together amazing minds and immensely supportive partners for a challenge that would test us all, but we did it with grace, with elegance and with a passion to create real change. I know that this is just the beginning…that the water issue is bigger than climbing one mountain, but it has been extremely rewarding to watch a group like ours come together, sacrifice the usual comforts, force our minds and bodies to the limits all in the hopes of making the world a better place.
Directing this project has been a powerful personal and professional accomplishment. I am forever grateful to our staff who made the impossible possible and the climbers who decided this was the cause they wanted to support.
So it all begins with a summit…now is when the story really starts.
