Necdet Turhan, Turkey's first blind mountain climber, has completed his climb to Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain at 5895 meters, in September 2008. The climb took six days to complete, and he returned to the city of Arussa in Tanzania after this great achievement.During the climb, after reaching camp Baranco located at 3950 meters, Turhan started having some difficulties.
This rocky segment of the climb was completed in 9 hours, when Turhan, with his team consisting of two local guides Ernest Minja and David Moshi, and his trainer Nevzat Ontas, reached camp Barafu at 4600 meters.
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I am a blind sportsman. I run marathons in the Masters Category and go mountain-climbing by means of an original technique. In 1994 I graduated with honours from the Political Science and Public Administration Department of Middle East Technical University, one of Turkey’s distinguished universities, which gives education in English, and I began to do sport during my years there. As I have already stated, I strive to do mountaineering and athletics to the best of my ability. I am at present in the position of being the only blind sportsman in Turkey who goes mountaineering and runs marathons.
Monday, 11 September 2006
An inspirational blind runner to run the 2006 Sydney Running Festival AMarathon from Turkey
Mr Necdet Turhan has been invited to participate in the 2006 Sydney Running Festival Marathon from Turkey. Mr Turhan has been personally invited by the Race Director, Graeme Hannan. Mr Hannan said ‘you are an inspiration to all athletes’ and welcomed Turhan to run at the 2006 Sydney Marathon.
Necdet Turhan has until now run a marathon on each of three continents: Asia, Europe and America. He is continuing to train for the other stages, namely marathons in Australia and Africa, which he will run in subject to obtaining the necessary support, saying all the time "OUR DISABILITY DOES NOT HANDICAP US".
"Necdet, thank you for coming to take part in the 2006 Sydney Marathon. Our event was richer for your participation and you were an inspiration to many many people. This is not the easiest course and to achieve your target time was a great achievment. We were pleased to welcome you to Sydney. All th best in your quest to climb in the 5 continents and please keep me informed of your progress."
Graeme HannanRace Director - SRF
24.09.2006
Necdet Turhan, Turkey's first blind mountain climber, has completed his climb to Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain at 5895 meters, in September 2008. .jpg)
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