In just under a month myself and 8 good friends are taking on the Yorkshire 3 Peaks to raise awareness and funds for the Foundation for Prader-Willi Research UK. So thats 24 miles with 5200 ft of Ascent in 12 hours.
Last year one of my oldest friends welcomed his baby son into the world. Hugh had a pretty tough start in life, with a traumatic birth and a long stretch in NICU. When he was 5 weeks old Darren and Hugh’s mum, Jayne, got the diagnosis of Prader-Willi Syndrome. A complex genetic syndrome 60 times rarer than Downs Syndrome. It affects less than 1 in 15,000 children. The list of struggles Hugh and his family are going to have to face in the coming years is a pretty sobering read. Darren has done a much better job than me for explaining the condition and the challenges over on our just giving page.
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/3HillsForHugh
So on a very rare night out with Darren we were all saying how useless we felt and how we wished we could help in some way. Thats when the idea for taking on the 3 peaks came about. (all the best ideas originate in the pub…. right?) I know its not a huge challenge compared to some, but you’ve seen what sort of shape I’m in so you know its not going to be a walk in the park for me. To be fair the rest of the lads are not in great shape either, but we’ve all been putting in the training miles (Personally 165miles since May) and feel more than up for the challenge.
We’ve already hit our target of £2,000 but we’d like to get as much as we can for this charity and the amazing work they do.
The challenge is set to take place on 02 September 2017.