CHORF was set up by family and friends in memory of Christopher Hardman (aged 15) who lost his life to Osteosarcoma (a rare form of Bone Cancer which affects teenagers) in October 2004.

Various events have taken place to raise funds to research Osteosarcoma in the hope that one day, we might find a cure and prevent other teenagers losing their lives from this deadly disease . CHORF has raised in excess of Ł120,000.00 since it was founded in 2004 and as a result of our fundraising, we are pleased to confirm that medical research is now underway. We work in partnership with www.bonecancerresearch.org.uk.

About Kilimanjaro

Mount Kilimanjaro is one of the largest stratovolcanoes in the world. It is a composite volcano, comprising numerous layers of lava and tephra, piled up around the vents in the shape of a cone. The lava flowed as a liquid, while the tephra is material that was sprayed into the air as lava lost its gas content on eruption, and then fell as blocks, cinders and small particles. The lava is rhyolitic in composition (i.e. very rich in silica), and is therefore viscous. Hence, the lava flows do not travel far from the vents, and explosive eruption is likely if much dissolved gas is present in the lava below the surface. Currently the volcano is dormant: there have been no eruptions in living memory. Recent studies suggest the last eruptions on the mountain were between 150,000 and 200,000 years ago.^[15]

The volcano is the highest in Africa and covers an area of 388,500 ha (960,004 acres), Although Kilimanjaro stands alone, it is a part of an east-west belt of volcanoes stretching over Northern Tanzania. It has three main vents, but also has smaller parasitic (or staellite) cones. To the west side of the mountain is the peak Shira (3,962 m or 12,999 ft), of which only the southern and western rims remain.