The annual Cableway Charity Challenge kicks off this weekend

The annual Cableway Charity Problem will get underway this weekend, 6 Might 2023. Skilled athletes and fewer skilled fanatics will compete to stroll to the highest of Desk Mountain as many occasions as they will over the course of 9 days.

The JDI Basis is organising this yr’s Cableway Charity Problem with the assistance of the Desk Mountain Aerial Cableway Firm.

Every day, athletes may have from dawn to sundown to hike as much as the highest of Platteklip Gorge earlier than taking the cable automotive again down to start the ascent once more.

A particular race day is held as a part of the problem week, with company and college groups tackling the gorge.

‘That is the 14th version of the Cableway Problem. The primary occasion in 2009 had 50 runners assist elevate round half 1,000,000 rand. The Problem grew in leaps and bounds, and final yr we had 135 individuals assist us elevate simply over 1,000,000 rand,’ says Tracy le Roux, spokesperson for the occasion organiser, The JDI Basis.

This yr’s problem will elevate funds for:

Abalimi Bezekhaya (which means ‘farmers of the house’ in isiXhosa) is a non-profit city farming organisation based in 1982 that assists people and teams from deprived Cape City communities by offering facilitation and coaching on natural meals manufacturing for diet, well being, meals safety and earnings technology.
Funda Kunye goals to advertise the holistic improvement and training of susceptible younger infants and youngsters within the Hout Bay neighbourhoods of Imizamo Yethu and Hangberg.
Mom Metropolis Kitchen donates mass-produced, nutritious soup and different meals to non-profit organisations in particular impoverished neighborhood teams all through Cape City.

‘We had already obtained pledges of greater than R600 000 with lower than per week to go to the occasion. It appears just like the 2023 Cableway Problem might be an enormous success due to the great runners and hikers who hold exhibiting their help,’ says Le Roux.

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Particulars: 

Date: 6 to 14 Might 2023
Enroll: Register
Web site: charitychallenge.co.za

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