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'I'm the mum who swam the English channel solo with a stoma - now it's time to tackle Kilimanjaro'
Exclusive: If the dark, cold waters of the English Channel aren't scary enough for brave mum Gill Castle then she's not going to let a little thing like the highest mountain in Africa stand in her way
When Gill Castle, 44, from Alnwick became the first solo woman to swim the English Channel in the dark with a stoma she wowed the nation. Now the incredible mum, who needed the surgery after traumatic childbirth complications, has arranged an empowering women-only trip to climb Africa’s highest mountain. My swimming story reached a lady in America who has a non-profit charity supporting women in Kenya with fistula – something I had after childbirth.
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