When a photographer jokingly told Mona Naidoo that she should take a bag full of fancy clothes up Mount Kilimanjaro‚ she took him on that challenge and brought along a pair of gold high heels. Naidoo and her husband Vis took part in the Trek4 Mandela expedition for the first time this year. They were among 42 trekkers who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds to buy sanitary towels for disadvantaged girls.“Everybody was making a joke about me carrying fancy clothes up Mount Kilimanjaro‚ so I thought‚ let’s make it playful.“Nobody knew what I had planned [except Vis]‚” said “Princess” Mona‚ as she became affectionately known on the expedition.While the climbing took “every bit” out of each climber‚ Mona decided to do one thing: to “bring the fun” out of the strenuous exercise. “When we got to the mountain peak‚ everyone was tired. Suddenly‚ when the sun came up‚ I was wide awake. I can’t explain what happened.“I took out my pair of heels and put them on. A lady‚ who was with Vis and I‚ asked me what I was doing in the cold.“I couldn’t even feel the cold. I was smiling‚” she said.Mona and Vis Naidoo found out later that a fellow climber‚ Gugu Zulu‚ had died on the expedition. The rally driver died on Monday morning. It is understood that was experiencing breathing problems. Vis said when they got to the bottom of the mountain‚ all the excitement of having summited was overshadowed by sadness.Mona said that as sad as Zulu’s passing is‚ he died doing what he loved. “Gugu died on an adventure. He and (his wife) Letshego were an adventure couple. The mountain called him‚” she said...