A record total of R308 000 was raised by the nine elite trail runners and the twelve celebrities that took part in the Rhino Peak Challenge on World Rhino Day last Friday, 22 September, on day that saw Kane Reilly lower the Fast Known Time for the race.

Capetonian trail runner Kane Reilly made a statement in support of World Rhino Day on Friday by demolishing the record for the Rhino Peak Challenge on his debut at the tough 21km outing in the Southern Drakensberg mountains.

22 September marks World Rhino Day and the third edition of the Rhino Peak Challenge that sees 24 people from elite ultra-trail athletes to sporting celebrities and conservation heavy-weights tackle the Southern Drakensberg’s Rhino Peak to raise funds for the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT).

The upcoming Rhino Peak Challenge on World Rhino Day, 22 September, will see a group of 24 people, varying from elite ultra-trail athletes to celebrities and influencers, tackle the famous Rhino Peak in the Southern Drakensberg hoping to grow awareness and raise funds for the Endangered Wildlife Trust.

The third edition of the Rhino Peak Challenge (RPC) will see 24 elite ultra-trail athletes and ‘People of Influence’ from the world of sport and conservation take on the Rhino Peak in the Southern Drakensberg on World Rhino Day on 22 September to raise funds for Rhino conservation and the preservation of the critically endangered Bearded Vulture.

Having missed out in 2016, Cape Town ultra-trail runner Kane Reilly will make his Rhino Peak Challenge debut this year when the event takes place on World Rhino Day 22 September in the Southern Drakensberg.

2007 Rugby World Cup winning captain John Smit has accepted the offer to take on the gruelling Rhino Peak Challenge on World Rhino Day, 22 September to help raise funds for the embattled rhino and bearded vulture populations in South Africa.

With the Endangered Wildlife Trust in the minds of all those who took on the 2016 Rhino Peak Challenge, the howling winds and tough conditions did not deter the athletes who ran and hiked the 21 kilometre route and raised around R309 331 for the wildlife projects.

Rory Scheffer and Holly Page celebrated World Rhino Day on Thursday by overcoming treacherous conditions and wind gusts of over 100 kilometres per hour to shatter the records for the Rhino Peak Challenge, setting new male and female Fastest Known Times (FKTs) for the 21km journey from Gooderson Drakensberg Gardens to the top of the iconic Rhino Peak and back.

‘Farmer Glen’ Haw and the KAP sani2c have gotten behind the 2016 Rhino Peak Challenge in an effort to help the event that takes place on World Rhino Day on Thursday, 22 September, contribute as much money as possible to the Endangered Wildlife Trust’s fight against the plight of both the Rhino and the Bearded Vulture.