The 2017 Cableway Charity Challenge

The green teams rocked an impressive 47 summits up Table Mountain at the Cableway Charity Challenge on Saturday 1 April, 2017. Image by Luigi Bennett.
R945 000 raised for charity and 738 summits of Table Mountain in record time – those are the highlights of a fantastic 2017 Cableway Charity Challenge, held on Saturday 1 April 2017.
As the title sponsor of the event, the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway entered three teams – including our MD, Wahida Parker – and our green team members did us proud! Our team members managed an impressive 47 summits of the mountain between them, with Lamla Pokolo rocking six summits.
The day saw a number of record-breaking summits, including by the youngest participant, 13-year-old Adam de Waal, who completed five summits. At the other end of the age spectrum, 71-year-old Hilmar Luckhoff, the oldest challenge competitor, completed four summits.
Team Allan Gray, the top corporate sponsor, climbed all-new heights with 28 summits in the fastest time, at 50 hours and 37 minutes.
Here are few social media posts from the Cableway Charity Challenge:
And we managed to summit Table Mountain 3 times today for charity �� Thank you @CablewayCC for such an amazing event ��#charitychallenge pic.twitter.com/uA5XOQqyw6
— Candice Nicole Smit (@Candy_wandy) April 1, 2017
Running through the clouds ...@CablewayCC participants working it at the summit of #tablemountain �� #CablewayCharityChallenge pic.twitter.com/NtBK3KrkWD
— Table Mountain C/Way (@TableMountainCa) April 1, 2017#5th lap done and dusted! #cablewaycharitychallenge . fortunately had a Dutch Graduate to keep me company. Thanks Anna�� pic.twitter.com/oqdP7D1WSt
— Michael Theunissen (@TheOtheMichaelJ) April 1, 2017
"I am in awe of everyone who competed in the #CablewayCharityChallenge today" @wahidaparker , MD of the Cableway pic.twitter.com/M9GHY35YQk
— Table Mountain C/Way (@TableMountainCa) April 1, 2017