Climbing Everest for charity
Some messages land in your inbox and stop you in your tracks. This was one of them.
On May 9th, one of our community, alongside his partner, some incredible local nurses, and a group of determined people, is attempting to climb the equivalent height of Mount Everest in a single day at Big Depot Leeds. That’s over 800 climbs. In one day.
They’re raising money for two causes close to his heart: the Paediatric Neuroscience Ward at Leeds General Infirmary, and The Yorkshire Brain Tumour Charity.
Here’s why, in his own words:
“In June 2024, my young son was diagnosed with a brain tumour. After a heartbreaking 12-hour brain surgery, we spent five weeks on the Neuroscience Ward. Those five weeks were the hardest of our lives. The nurses became more than just staff – they became part of our world. They cared not only for my son, but for me, and for our eldest when he came to visit. Their kindness, their patience, their endless empathy… it never left us.”
The ward is seriously underfunded despite the life-changing work happening there every single day. And the wider picture is stark – brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40, yet brain tumour research receives barely 1% of the national cancer research budget on average.
Last September, he and his team tackled the Yorkshire Three Peaks and raised £5,000 for these two charities. Now they’re going bigger.
And there’s a City Bloc chapter to this story too. In his own words:
“City Bloc became my first true home. It’s where I lost weight and found strength – but more importantly, I found a community built on love, kindness, and shared success. Climbing didn’t just change my fitness – it made me a better person.”
Now he’s combining the sport that helped carry him through with the causes that mean everything to his family.
We’re proud to back this one. Please go and support them, every donation, no matter how small, makes a difference to the ward, the charity, and the families going through the hardest thing imaginable.
