This is how you stunt for publicity: An unlikely assemblage of superstars have banded together to raise awareness about the global clean water crisis by climbing Africa’s tallest peak, Tanzania’s Mt. Kilimanjaro. That’s 19.340 feet, the very typing of which alone seizes my height-fearing heart. The troupe of charitable backpackers includes Santi White, Lupe Fiasco, Jessica Biel, Emile Hirsche, Jacques Costeau’s granddaughter, and Kenna, who is the group leader and motivational playlist curator (with some assistance from Santigold, I’d suspect), which includes Arcade Fire, Daft Punk, YYYs, TVOTR, N.E.R.D., and can be streamed at MySpace.
They’re scheduled to summit tomorrow and as of this posting are at 14,868 feet — you can track their progress at summitonthesummit.com, the worst website experience ever. There you can “sponsor a foot” to raise awareness of the global water crisis, and hopefully enough money so next time Kenna can hire a designer who doesn’t know flash. Jokes aside, this is a good cause and impressive feat, at an impressive number of feet. People.com says Jessica Biel is doing “awesome” and cracking jokes at the head of the pack. Poke around the site to view video bits they’ve posted (better than expected WiFi up there) and let us know how Santi’s holding up; it’s tricky and time consuming but it’s tough to complain in pajamas at an altitude of 0 feet. MTV is filming and will air a piece on the trek Sunday 3/14 at 9PM EST. For now, here’s a video preview of the crew:
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ripping off gary barlow, tut tut
Well, sure, Santi clearly has a Take That influence musically, but a rip-off? Overstating.
Is this like for one of those “I Used To Be Mildly Famous – Get Me Outta Here” tv shows? This is all very strange to me. Except for Emile. I love Emile. Totally want to listen to the new Beach House album with Emile really hard. ALL. NIGHT. LONG.
“the global clean water crisis?” Its the monetary system that’s holding all of this back. Far to much money will be made as society will be destroyed by the upper 1%. This removes the incentive for the bigger institutions to make this change because they don’t have the altruism required, the foresight. They don’t care. As we know the entire society reinforces self interests.
We have to overcome this economic paradigm. As far as technical solutions, they do exist. they absolutely exist!
that picture says it all. Those kids have no idea who the fuck those people are or what they are doing there. hahaha
Enemy of the state was so good I am willing to forgive Lupe for making The Cool. Wow the final track was not a joke it was actually serious
Timberlake escorts Biel to Africa; stays inside tent inventing sweet dance moves.
i’ve gotta be unstoppable. i’ve gotta be unstoppable. ey ey ey ey . you don’t lie. ey ey ey ey . you don’t lie