My Story
Dear friends, Throughout the month of February, my brother Ben and I will be completing the virtual walk of Mount Everest (starting from the village of Luklu, to Mount Everest summit) and Mount Fuji (starting from Lake Shoji, to Mount Fuji summit), in an attempt to raise as much money as we can for Cancer Research UK – Oesophageal Cancer. Ben, 41, was diagnosed with Oesophageal Cancer November 2019. At the time it was deemed as curable with surgery, but as he was going through pre-op chemo, the cancer spread to his lymph nodes meaning that his cancer is now incurable. Oesophageal cancer is one of those cancers that is very rarely talked about. It generally effects men in their 60s, 70s and 80s but for reasons unknown to everyone, it got Ben. Oesophageal cancer is classed as one of the 'less survivable cancers' meaning that the survival rates are still less than 20%. Gastro-Intestinal cancers need more funding & research that focus on early detection & cures so that we can beat this cruel an unfair disease. Doing this event now is especially important for us and our family and friends because when Ben was told that his cancer was terminal his consultant estimated that Ben's life expectancy would be March 2021... So to stick two fingers up at cancer, here we are, virtually climbing mountains together! To make matters even harder, Ben will restart chemotherapy on February 9th. Please join us on this journey by following our Facebook group below, where will share progress updates, pictures and videos, and showing your support, sharing our challenge and spreading the word. We are hoping to raise £1000 and with your support, we can all smash it and contribute towards ongoing cancer research that will one day rid the world of this disease. You will also be contributing to the planting of a trees. For every 20% of each mountain each of us completes a tree will be planted, totaling 20 trees. Imagine what we can achieve as a community! 2 Greens, 2 Mountains, 28 days! https://www.facebook.com/groups/437966257252543 (All walks will be done within UK government COVID guidelines)
