After a yearlong epic fundraising challenge to lose weight and get fit, before attempting the gruelling ascent of Kilimanjaro, three London cabbies, Daren Parr, John Dillane and Brian Heffernan, presented a cheque for £18,000 to the Taxi Charity. The idea to climb Africa’s tallest mountain all started from an innocuous tweet asking fellow cab drivers if they wanted to lose weight and improve their lifestyle by training to climb Kilimanjaro, while raising money for the Taxi Ch

At 7.07 am on 3 October 2019, three London cabbies, collectively known as 'Cabbies Do Kilimanjaro' successfully climbed 19,340 feet to reach the summit of Kilimanjaro, the final part of their epic challenge to lose weight, get fit and raise money for the Taxi Charity. Daren Parr, John Dillane and Brian Heffernan took six days to reach the summit and all suffered from debilitating altitude sickness as they made the ascent. The idea to climb Africa’s tallest mountain started fr

Today the Cabbies Do Kilimanjaro boys set off to Tanzania for the finale of their challenge - climbing Kilimanjaro! Here's a message from the Chairman of the Taxi Charity For Military Veterans, Ian Parsons: Dear John, Daren and Brian, I saw you on ITV London News on Tuesday evening and noticed that like the No.1 contender about to fight for the world championship, you’re all looking lean and hungry and "Ready to Rumble". You were once heavyweights, but your strict training re

Five London cabbies have joined together on a year long fundraising mission to lose over 25 stones before climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. The cabbies - Brian Heffernan, Daren Parr, Roshan Varma, Paul Watts and John Dillane - all volunteer for the Taxi Charity and want to raise £20,000 to support the work the charity does to help veterans. Roshan Varma, 49 says of the challenge: "I have struggled with my weight for as long as I can remember and setting a goal to climb Mount Kilima