Gary Barlow was last night reunited with the troupe of celebrities he led on a life-changing trek up Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania back in March.
Gary, 38, met with Alesha Dixon, 31, Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh, 28, and a pregnant Denise Van Outen, 35, who left their showbiz lifestyles behind, and raised a stunning £3.5million for Comic Relief as part of Red Nose Day 09.
But thankfully, last night's get together was a less than taxing meet-up at private members club The Dunhill.
Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles, 35, was also in attendance, as was Boyzone star Ronan Keating, 32, who were also a part of the celebrity team that rose to the gruelling challenge.
Leader of the pack: Take That star Gary Barlow met up with his team of celebrity climbers that took on Mount Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief in London last night
Alesha Dixon, Denise Van Outen and Kimberley Walsh were reunited for a meeting with the Take That star and their fellow climbers. It seemed to be a celebratory night for the hardworking stars. But although the trek took place earlier this year, the hard work is not quite done yet. Gary and the team have all returned to Africa see the results of their efforts for Comic Relief and to help distribute some of the £3.5million they raised.
Some of that money is being spent in Uganda on supplying anti-mosquito nets, education and medicines. Malaria is the biggest killer of under 5s in Uganda.
Gary, Fearne Cotton, Ben Shepard and Kimberley flew to Uganda to visit the warehouse in Hoima, Uganda where 200,000 nets are being stored, and helped load them onto trucks in preparation for mass distribution.
And fellow Kilimanjaro climber Moyles, was on hand to assist with giving out the nets.
The team were present to help with the distribution of half a million nets across four districts of Western Uganda, and their return to Africa was filmed for a documentary called ‘Comic Relief: The Net Result’.
Kimberley recently recalled her gruelling time during the trip, which involved some particularly less than starry moments.
She revealed while cold and exhausted and needing the loo halfway up Mount Kilimanjaro, she had to get the guide to help out.
She told YOU magazine: ‘My hands were so cold I couldn’t pull up my pants properly, so he had to help me. By then I was past caring. 'You can’t get any harsher than that, but we did it. It was amazing.'
Kimberley said it was her sister's love for Take That star Gary that made her agree to undertake the challenge in the first place. ‘I used to share a room with my older sister and she had all these Take That posters on the wall.
'When I told her I’d met him she said, “He’s the only person I really care about that you’ve met since you became part of Girls Aloud.”’
‘Gary is so lovely, he’s really funny. You almost don’t want to make him feel old by saying, “When I was young we had your picture on our wall".
'A few times on Kilimanjaro I looked at Gary and thought, “I really want to push you off this mountain for making us do this,” because he was moaning as well, saying, “I can’t believe this, it’s awful, isn’t it?” and I was like, “It was your idea!”’
‘Comic Relief: The Net Result’ will be shown on BBC One, Sunday 27 December at 6.30pm
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