Mike has been suffering with pain in the discs in his back so he decided late last year that he was going to have to reduce the length of his walks. Mike has been a member of Kendal Fellwalkers for a number of years, and decided to raise some money for us. He decided to climb Pen-y-ghent FIFTY times this year and to get some sponsorship for this epic. He said that he wanted to get it over with (understandably!) and on June 13th completed his 50 ascents! Having collected over £900 he felt he wanted to round it up and took a collecting tin up Pen-y-ghent with him. He collected nearly £200 and presented Peter Clarkson (our Fundraising Officer) with the cheque for £1,100.
Mike's statistics:
First ascent - 4 January, 50th 13 June.
Total height climbed: 85,000 ft.
Total distance: 270 miles in 108 hours.
This, presumably, is Mike's idea of doing shorter walks and not hurting his discs!
Many thanks Mike - good on yer mate!
