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All nine Comic Relief celebrity climbers have reached the top of Mount Kilimanjaro after an agonising slog.
Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole was among the first of the team to summit the 19,300 foot (5,900m) peak at the end of a six-hour trek described as "hell on earth".
Battling oxygen levels half of those at sea level and temperatures of minus 15 degrees (5F), the exhausted pop star was joined by presenter Fearne Cotton, performer Denise Van Outen and GMTV host Ben Shephard as dawn broke.
" The Comic Relief blog said of the moment: "At the summit, God knows how. Ben, Fearne, Denise and Cheryl make it just as the sun comes up. Amazing."
They were followed to the top of the highest point in Africa by Cole's band mate Kimberley Walsh, singer Ronan Keating and Take That star Gary Barlow - all three of whom were said to be "in agony".
Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles also made it up, trailed in by pop star Alesha Dixon, who apparently crashed through the pain barrier to reach the summit.
She was said to be in "severe pain" at the back of the group, but refused to stop.
Descriptions of the gruelling trek to the top of the Tanzanian peak ranged from "hell on earth" to "agony" to "horrific". "
Yes, 8 Micro celebs and one fatter non celeb ( Moyles ) have conquered the Infamous peak. The team of 9 intrepid adventurers, supported only by local guides and bearers, the BBC film crew, medical team and publicity agency staff bravely battled Ants, sunshine and doubts to stand victorious. Forced to carry their own ego's up to the summit , some 12,000 feet less than Everest, they forged their way to the top despite enforced rest stops in the advance tented villages created by the bearers who were climbing in flip flops and fake Man Utd. shirts a day in advance.
The costs of insurance,travel, hotel bills wages for crew and porters and expense accounts funded by the BBC (Licence fee payers) have almost been surpassed by the profiles, ego's and some money raised in this venture.
Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole was among the first of the team to summit the 19,300 foot (5,900m) peak at the end of a six-hour trek described as "hell on earth".
Battling oxygen levels half of those at sea level and temperatures of minus 15 degrees (5F), the exhausted pop star was joined by presenter Fearne Cotton, performer Denise Van Outen and GMTV host Ben Shephard as dawn broke.
" The Comic Relief blog said of the moment: "At the summit, God knows how. Ben, Fearne, Denise and Cheryl make it just as the sun comes up. Amazing."
They were followed to the top of the highest point in Africa by Cole's band mate Kimberley Walsh, singer Ronan Keating and Take That star Gary Barlow - all three of whom were said to be "in agony".
Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles also made it up, trailed in by pop star Alesha Dixon, who apparently crashed through the pain barrier to reach the summit.
She was said to be in "severe pain" at the back of the group, but refused to stop.
Descriptions of the gruelling trek to the top of the Tanzanian peak ranged from "hell on earth" to "agony" to "horrific". "
Yes, 8 Micro celebs and one fatter non celeb ( Moyles ) have conquered the Infamous peak. The team of 9 intrepid adventurers, supported only by local guides and bearers, the BBC film crew, medical team and publicity agency staff bravely battled Ants, sunshine and doubts to stand victorious. Forced to carry their own ego's up to the summit , some 12,000 feet less than Everest, they forged their way to the top despite enforced rest stops in the advance tented villages created by the bearers who were climbing in flip flops and fake Man Utd. shirts a day in advance.
The costs of insurance,travel, hotel bills wages for crew and porters and expense accounts funded by the BBC (Licence fee payers) have almost been surpassed by the profiles, ego's and some money raised in this venture.
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