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Web Host Globat Sponsors Climb
August 30, 2006 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Globat.com (globat.com), a company that has been actively pursuing notoriety through unusual marketing efforts for many months, announced on Tuesday that it had sponsored a Denver, Colorado couple in its expedition to Mount Kilamanjaro in Tanzania, Africa.
According to Globat, the couple, Jonathan Kraft and Carrie Roll, decided to make the journey after hearing the endorsement of a friend who made the climb in 2004.
The pair trained for months before leaving June 8 on a trip that took them through Washington DC, New York City, New Jersey and Amsterdam before they arrived June 23 in Tanzania. On July 1, they reached the summit of the 19,340-foot mountain, the tallest point in Africa, where they planted a Globat flag to recognize the company's sponsorship.
Kraft also proposed to Roll, who accepted.
The couple has since returned to Denver, and has posted pictures and video of their expedition to Globat's defyinggravity.com sponsorship and marketing Web site.
"Jonathan and Carrie have accomplished something that most people will never do. Globat.com is very proud to have been a part of this monumental event," says Ben R. Neumann, President and CEO of Globat.com.
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