Richard Mulvey having mid-life crisis

How do I know Richard Mulvey is having a mid-life crisis? Simple: He wants to climb Kilimanjaro next year. Sigh. But with a noble intention. He wants to raise R 100,000 at least, for the Reach For A Dream Foundation.

When you look like a refugee from the Disney Production of Snow White and you have legs that really shouldn't be seen in shorts (they might scare the horses!), you should probably stick to something like Badminton. But he wants to climb Kili.

OK....I think I understand what's going on. He's doing the climb with his wife, Sheila. My Conspiracy Theory Gene tells me Sheila probably wants to tip him off the summit and cash in his life assurance policies. Smart lass.

Just before she does the noble deed, please take a few moments to read the three panels of brochure, painstakingly put together by Mulvey & Mulvey (sounds like a law firm, wot?)

I've pledged R 1 000 and the more people that pledge whatever they can, or are comfortable with, the more the very deserving kids who are assisted by Reach For A Dream are going to benefit. Maybe forward the URL for this posting or a copy of it to all the people you know? That's an awesome viral marketing opportunity.

You don't have to cough up the Shekels this year. Richard's going to take a loooong time to get into some sort of shape. Trust me. And by the time they get him to the summit, on his gurney-mit-oxygen tank, you'll probably have your budget together. OK, I exaggerate. He climbs in January 2008. But you still only get to physically pay when they locate his body! ;-)

This whole concept appeals enormously to me. I get to sit and listen to Mulvey's out-of-breath, altitude-sickness-slurred words on radio from the comfort of my airconditioned car, while he sweats bullets on our behalf to raise funds for ill kids. Now that's a fair trade I'd say. Wanna play the game with him? Make the pledge now and end your 2007 with a warm fuzzy feeling in your heart. Just like it was snuggled into his equally fuzzy little beard. Eish! Whatta thought.

The actual pledge form is in the 'Continue reading....' section of this posting, as are updates from time to time. Do it now! And thank you.

Jacques de Villiers has written an interesting posting with Richard's rationale. Go read it at:
http://astrangethinghappenedtome.typepad.com/jacquesdevilliers 
More about Richard's climb at [email protected] or actual progress when it happens on
www.the-kili-climb.blogspot.com

Clive Simpkins

Comments

[Richard Mulvey]

Thanks for your support Clive. I am not sure I would have written the article in quite the same way as you did, but I am truely grateful for your contribution and those from the people who have responded already. You are a star!

Richard

[Jacques de Villiers]

Hi,

Getting seriously frustrated (and thanks to your book, I've noticed it and am observing my behaviour ;-) - I'm now on my normal windows pc and posting about Richard. It's been 5 minutes and it is still trying to post. I've been on the Safari, Firefox and now Explorer browsers with no luck.

I know a couple of people have complained to me that they can't post on my blog either. Since I can't post on your blog either, I must assume that this is a typepad problem. When I post on wordpress and blogger, I get through immediately. Have you had any complaints other than mine?

Still looking at the green line and it's not going through.

Enige raad, mnr?

Jacques

[Clive Simpkins]

Hi Jacques! Sorry that something keeps getting in the way of your postings - promise it's not me! ;-) I've uploaded your e-mail and if you wanna send me your comments on Richard I'll upload those while I take up the issue with Typepad. Warmest, C

[Jacques de Villiers]

What Richard's doing for Reach for a Dream is tremendous. He certainly lives the values of a true professional conference speaker. I know many professional speakers 'give back' because they enjoy the privilege of running their businesses and creating lifestyles in South Africa.

Wouldn't it be neat if the NSASA [National Speakers Association of Southern Africa - http://www.nsasouthafrica.co.za] could adopt a charity for a year and all the speakers who do give back to South Africa, could channel their funds into one charity. I know that collectively we'd raise a heap of money and really make a difference. (The only problem would be getting people to buy into the same charity). But, I like the idea, anyway and would love to see the "privilege of the platform" in real action in other ways than inspiring and teaching people.

[Urgerceagriva]

I'm new here, just wanted to say hello and introduce myself.