From the great social media grapevine, we've found out about the Summit on the Summit's Mt. Kilimanjaro climb to raise awareness about the Clean Water Crisis:

Did you know...

• 1 billion people don't have clean water to drink
• More than half of the poor in the developing world are ill from causes related to hygience, sanitation, and water supply
• The daily requirement for sanitation, bathing, and cooking, is about 50 liters per person

SOTSK is raising awarness with the help of a team of well-known advocates: Lupe Fiasco, Alexandra Cousteau, Isabel Lucas, Jessica Biel, Santi White (Santigold), Kenna, Emile Hirsch, Kick Kennedy, Jimmy Chin, Michael Muller, Elizabeth Gore, Simon Isaccs, Bernise Ang, Melissa Arnot, Dr. Greg Allgood, and Jason Walsh

It's day #3 of their climb of 19,331 ft Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.  At this point, they've already climbed 13,000 ft and here's the team reporting from camp:

So far, the SOTSK team has raised over 4.5 million liters of clean water.  The money raised will go to the following charities: Children’s Safe Drinking Water, UNHCR and PlayPumps International.

Skimble's climbing with the SOTSK team in social media spirit and hope you'll join them in raising awareness.

How can you help?

• Donate: One cent equals one liter of clean, safe drinking water.
• Spread-the-word: social media everything!  Mashable has a great post about the initiative. Share, tweet, fbook, and blog to create more awareness!  Check out the official Summit on the Summit website, the SOTSK Twitter page including SOTSK Twitter Tools, YouTube channel SOTSVideo, and the SOTS.K Facebook Causes page.

Thanks to the SOTSK sponsors, including HP powered by Intel processors (incl. fun footage of the SOTSK team in Bootcamp training) and Pur Water Filteration Systems.

Good luck @SOTSK team, climb on, and bring clean/safe drinking water to everyone!

Go climb or hiking up a mountain...it's International Mountain Day!  Some of us dream of summiting some tall peaks and there's no question about the allure of the challenge.  Today is a day to create awareness about the importance of mountains in our lives.  Be safe & prepared for these adventures!  Here we are taking a Snow Safety Skills Course at Mt. Shasta:

And in case you're bent on summiting some peaks, here is a shortlist of the tallest three:

1. Mount Everest - 8,848 meters / 29,028 ft

South Base Camp, Nepal - 5,360 meters / 17,600 ft & North Base Camp, Tibet - 5,208 meters / 17,090 ft

2. K2 - 8,611 meters / 28,251 ft

K2 Base Camp, Pakistan - 5,585 meters / 18,322 ft

3. Kangchenjunga - 8,586 meters / 28,169 ft

Kangchenjunga Base Camp - 5,350 meters / 17500 ft

As here are the 7 tallest summits on 7 continents:

Asia: Mount Everest -  8,848 meters / 29,028 ft

North America: Mount McKinley / Denali - 6,194 meters / 20,320 ft

Europe: Mount Elbrus - 5,633 m / 18,481 ft

Africa: Mount Kilimanjaro - 5,892 metres / 19,331 ft

South America: Cerro Aconcagua - 6,962 meters / 22,840 ft

Australia: Carstensz Pyramid / Puncak Jaya - 4884 meters, 16,023 ft

Antartica: Mount Vinson - 4,892 metres / 16,067 ft