Interns Climb Mount Kilimanjaro

Eric and Nora with fellow GRS interns on Uhuru Peak 

As their families were braving the storms of winter back in America, 7 Grassroot Soccer Interns were braving storms of their own... while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro! Instead of returning home over the Holiday break to reunite with loved ones, most of the GRS interns across South Africa, as well as those stationed in Lesotho and Lusaka, Zambia, chose to explore, travel, and learn about more of the world as well as themselves. A smaller group including both Kimberley interns, Eric and Nora, decided to include a hike up a mountain in their adventures. Mount Kilimanjaro, known familiarly as Kili, is the tallest mountain in Africa, standing at 5,895 metres above sea level, and is the tallest freestanding mountain in the world. For 6 days the group of interns, their 4 amazing guides, and 24 superhuman porters, trekked up this mountain. They outlasted rainstorms, hailstorms, and thunderstorms, and made it safely to the peak, representing GRS all the way. With frozen hands, Nora pulled out her yellow GRS SKILLZ shirt for the picture at the top, and it was definitely worth it.