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Cheryl Cole reaches summit of Kilimanjaro

Girls Aloud star and her showbiz pals have raised £1.4m for charity

Cheryl Cole has completed her challenge to climb Kilimanjaro

Cheryl Cole was one of the first celebrity climbers to arrive at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro today. The peak of Africa's tallest mountain is 19,300ft (5,900m) high.

'Guided by the moon throughout the freezing night, they reached the summit at varying stages from 4am this morning led by Ben Shephard,' the Comic Relief blog reveals.

Ben, Fearne Cotton, Denise Van Outen and Cheryl were soon joined by Kimberley Walsh, Ronan Keating and Gary Barlow - and then Chris Moyles.

Alesha Dixon, suffering severe muscle pain, arrived a gruelling 2 hours after the others collapsing in a heap.

The charity challenge - which has raised nearly £1.4m - pushed the showbiz stars to the limit and they've had to overcome injury, vertigo and acute altitude sickness.

They now face the 12-15 hour descent.