Emile Hirsch.
The Huffington Post reports that actor Emile Hirsch (Milk, Into the Wild) will be joining Jessica Biel, Michael Muller, Kenna, and their fellow celebrity climbers for the Summit on the Summit trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro.
“The real challenge is gonna be the altitude,” Hirsch told HuffPo. “It’s kind of a roll of the dice as to how your body will respond to it.”
The expedition, organized by Kenna to draw attention to the plight of those who lack access to clean drinking water, begins tomorrow. Fast Company Expert Blogger Simon Isaacs will also be part of the team, and he’s written an impassioned essay on the power of celebrities and “global influencers” in rallying the public to a cause—and why ultimately, “the heavy lifting in addressing this issue must come from government AND FROM YOU.”
Michael had planned to send us photos from the climb as he went along, but he wrote us today to say that he probably won’t be able to email. So that’s what a person has to do to truly disconnect—climb a scary-high mountain.
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Good luck to them! I climbed it a few years back with a mate, wonderful experience! Grounds not hard going but altitude is a nightmare! Hope they all mate it!