NBN Weatherman Gavin Morris has completed an amazing feat for charity, AND become the first Australian paraglider pilot to fly tandem from the summit of Africa’s highest mountain – Kilimanjaro.
“We just launched from 19,000 feet baby! Yeahhhh! Woo hoo! Yeah we did it from the summit!”
Gav and his flying partner – Newcastle musician Kristy Coote – took advantage of a small window of opportunity.
“It’s a beautiful morning, perfect conditions. The glacier down here behind me – there it is there – much smaller from when I was last here, it has shrunk dramatically. But that has opened up this launch. The first opportunity anyone has had to fly from this point.”
Coote has raised $20,000 for the Wings of Kilimanjaro charity, helping to create schools and access to fresh water in Tanzania.
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