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Smith Family Challenge survivors raise $1.2m

In a charity fundraising scene cluttered with ever more sumptuous dinners and soirées, the annual Smith Family Challenge is, well, something else.

For 14 years now, the charity has baited a few dozen wealthy volunteers into enduring a 100-kilometre adventure course, traversed over two days and featuring some sadistic mix of hiking, running, mountain biking and canoeing.

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Myriam Robin is a senior writer based in the Melbourne newsroom. She has previously been a Rear Window columnist and editor, and before that reported on financial markets and media. Connect with Myriam on Twitter. Email Myriam at myriam.robin@afr.com

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