Danimal's Adventures

Stories from the road, the sea and the mountains

Azerbaijan - the Columbus Challenge

In 1998, I led an HSBC-sponsored project that:

  • Created a computer centre and English language school in Azerbaijan
  • Fitted out a computer centre in a city centre school in Birmingham
  • Climbed mountains in Azerbaijan and the UK
  • Raised GBP 140,000
  • Got a colleague and me on the radio, and the team on TV
  • Involved a VERY hairy man volunteering to undergo a full body wax!

Read on to find out what we did and how we did it.