PROSTATE CANCER CLIMB TURNS TO HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN AFRICA

Prostate cancer veterans and their supporters will be challenged by The Snows of Kilimanjaro"

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The Prostate Cancer Research Institute (PCRI), one of the leading educational support organizations in America, announced that preparations are in full swing for the Second Hap Weyman Memorial Prostate Cancer Climb in September 2003.

Mt. Kilimanjaro, the fabled 19,400-foot peak in Tanzania, will be the second high-altitude target for a team of climbers, including prostate cancer survivors, to raise $ 1 million for prostate cancer research and education. PCRI led a team of fourteen climbers, including five with prostate cancer, climbed Mt. Aconcagua, Argentina in 2001, the start of a unique fundraising and awareness movement known as the Prostate Cancer Climb. The 22,840-foot Mt. Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere.

The Prostate Cancer Climb was established three years ago by Dr. Terry Weyman, a Los Angeles chiropractor whose father, Hollywood television director Hap Weyman, died of the disease in 1990. Weymans goal: To show that prostate cancer neednt be a death sentence and that through proper awareness and education, prevention can be possible. The cancer survivors on Weymans first expedition learned not to set limits, and that perhaps they could even climb a tall mountain.
The tradition continues with the upcoming Mt. Kilimanjaro challenge. Donations are currently being sought from individuals and corporations across the country in the name of the Climbs Hap Weyman fund.

With an estimated 31,000 deaths in 2002, prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men.
For more information about the Prostate Cancer Research Institute, logon to www.pcri.org, and for more information on the Prostate Cancer Climb, logon to www.prostatecancerclimb.com.