Miss Scotland ready to hit the heights
KATHARINE BROWN TO DO CHARITY CLIMB ON KILIMANJARO
MISS Scotland Katharine Brown and DJ Suzie McGuire have signed up to join Celts ace Gary Caldwell in a Bighearted charity climb up Mount Kilimanjaro.
The daring celebs have agreed to take part in the Comic Relief-style trek up the 19,340ft Tanzanian mountain next summer.
We told earlier this month how Hoops defender Gary volunteered for the adventure at our glitzy Bighearted Scotland Awards.
He was impressed with the plan to conquer Africa's highest peak by award-winners Ryan McLaughlin, 14, and Allan Thomas, 41 - and now Kath and Suzie will join them too.
Kath, 22, from Dunblane, Perthshire, said: "I was thrilled to be asked and immediately said yes.
"I've always wanted to climb that mountain - I'm drawn to it."
Clyde 1's Suzie, 35, from Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, added: "I'm definitely up for it - but I am nervous."
Gary, 27, said: "I'm really excited about Kilimanjaro. As long as the dates don't clash with football commitments I'll do it.
"There are a couple of others in the dressing room who want to climb it too."
Aberdonian Allan, who won our Fundraiser of the Year, and Child of the Year Ryan, of Drumchapel, Glasgow, hope the trek will raise £100,000 for the six Bighearted Scotland charities, plus their own causes.
TO sponsor Ryan, email awareness@shineonscotland.org.uk
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Ryan would like to thank everyone involved with the Shine on Scotland campaign and we are all so proud to have the stars lend support to Ryans campaign and for the help of Allan Thomas in helping Ryan achieve his goal of preventing MS in Scotland by leading the climb.
Allan, Ryan and everyone taking part will be sure to be friends forever, hopefully this event will really make a difference and everyone that is standing up and fighting for those with MS will be remembered for taking part in such a great cause.
It is so important to keep the campaign in the public eye by doing more to raise awareness, we thank the Scottish News of the World for lending there support.
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By alan mclaughlin . Posted September 27 2009 at 10:40 PM.