Hello everyone & welcome to this, my charity challenge money pot! In December 2013, my dad was diagnosed with advanced Alzheimer’s. I decided to do something about this horrible disease, although it was too late for my dad, so in January 2015, I summited Mt Kilimanjaro and raised just over £10,000 for the Alzheimer’s Society to aid in the research for a cure. Unfortunately my dad’s condition deteriorated rapidly, with Parkinson’s a side effect of Alzheimer’s taking a hold. Sadly, Christmas Eve 2017, my dad passed away. Though this was expected, it still came as a shock, watching how he suffered right to very end. It is over a year since the passing of my dad and I want to and have decided to do another challenge in memory of my loving and wonderful dad, who was taken from us before his time. Doing Kilimanjaro again didn’t seem a hard enough challenge this time and so after a long search, I came across the African 3 Peaks climb. 12 days of trekking and climbing a total 15,660 metres. First comes Mt Meru at 4566m AMSL, then Mt Kilimanjaro at 5895m AMSL and finally Mt Kenya at 5199m AMSL. A unique, action packed and fast-paced challenge taking you to the greatest summits in Africa. A challenge to push yourself to the limit and I am confident of completing the challenge and raising much needed funds for the Alzheimer’s Society, in loving memory of my dad. It is my intention to complete this challenge next year and need to get myself registered and booked as soon as possible, due to places being limited. To this end I am looking to raise a lot more than my previous challenge and I am hoping to obtain sponsorship/donations by as many various means possible. The minimum fundraising target for this challenge is £8500 and it is my ambition to treble it. So I hope that you will consider helping me achieve my goal and raising as much as possible for the Alzheimer’s Society. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you in advance for your sponsorship/donation. MT KILIMANJARO SUMMIT REACHED, 22ND JANUARY 2015! NOW ITS TIME TO CONQUER MT MERU, MT KILIMANJARO (AGAIN) AND MT KENYA IN THE SPACE OF 10 DAYS! PLEASE HELP TO RAISE THE FUNDS TO MAKE THIS CHALLENGE A REALITY AND RAISE MUCH NEEDED FUNDS FOR THE ALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY.THANK YOU!
