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Roman Abramovich had 113 porters to assist his party of six, newspaper's reported. Photo: GETTY In March, Cheryl Cole, the X Factor judge, Chris Moyles, the radio DJ, and other celebrities climbed the mountain and raised £1.4m for Comic Relief. Photo: GETTY Fearne Cotton and Denise Van Outen trek through the rainforest on the first day of The BT Red Nose Climb of Kilimanjaro Photo: COMIC RELIEF/GETTY
The 43-year-old was carried to safety after experiencing breathing problems during a failed attempt to ascend the mountain in Tanzania last week.
He had invited a group of six friends to scale the 19,330ft summit, but the expedition had to be cancelled at 15,100ft.
Mr Abramovich's group tackled the western breach, which is the most difficult approach.
The party, who flew in on the oligarch's private Boeing 767, took with them 113 porters, the Sunday Times reported.
It was reported that Guus Hiddink, Chelsea's interim manager last season, was among the group.
Mr Abramovich succumbed to what appeared to have been symptoms of altitude sickness and needed medical attention.
Pascal Shelutete, a spokesman for the Tanzania National Parks Authority, told the newspaper: "We were not given a reason for his failure to reach the peak, but there are reports from his team that he developed some breathing problems."
THIS JUST PROVES THE POINT THAT MONEY CANNOT BUY YOU THE SUMMIT - AND ITS NO WALK IN THE PARK.
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