Cape Town, 01 Jun 2015
On 25 April 2015, a team of people sponsored by Panda Security took part in the Platteklip Charity Challenge. The team was part of 200 intrepid athletes who attempted to see how many times they could summit Table Mountain via Platteklip Gorge in a single day.
Each lap is 5.5km in distance, 760 metres of climbing, and takes two hours on average. The route up Platteklip Gorge includes 800 double-size steps over a distance of 2.1km. Once at the top, the contestants run to the upper cable station, catch a lift down and then run back to the start. The event is said to be the most gruelling of its kind in the world.
This year all money raised went to the South African Education and Environment Project (SAEP). The event raised over R670 000 for the designated charity.
"This was challenging physically and mentally, but a great day out for a good cause. So proud of the team; we collectively completed 29 summits, making us one of the top performing corporate teams. We were really pleased to be part of this special event. SAEP are setting out to do great things for the community and their work and vision is admirable," says Country Manager of Panda Security, Jeremy Matthews.
SAEP's mission is to prepare and motivate the youth from under-resourced communities to thrive, through education, life skills and psycho-social support. The NPO focuses on three key points in the education spectrum. The foundation phase, high school phase and post-matric programme. These programmes are all targeted at children, youths or education providers from poor communities.
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