I just got back from Scotland were I
climbed the U.K.’s tallest mountain, Ben Nevis, 4200 feet. The challenge was a
fundraiser organised by my family for the benefit of Great Ormond Street
Hospital, a children’s hospital in London that has saved the life of my niece,
Yasmin, who has leukaemia. Here’s our donation page.
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| Mist rolls across as we start off |
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| Half way up with Stephen Abbott who joined us from Bolton |
We set off at 8AM, attacked by tiny midges
that bit like mosquitoes. After two hours, thigh burn started during the
steep middle section, which I found the hardest. After that, my second
wind carried me to the top. Snow had packed into ice with blue streaks on
the lip of the north face, overhanging a steep drop. The beauty of the ice
compelled me to approach it, but with no footprints near the edge, I admired
it from a safe distance.
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| Snow fields on the final ascent |
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| Our team at the top |
Everyone we met climbing was friendly
and exuding happiness as if nature brings out the best in people.
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| Altitude madness |
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| Mum and Dad |
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| View from the top |
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| Top of the world |
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| Three cairns |
On the way down, my thighs increasingly
trembled. The large jagged stones on the path jolted my body and feet. No matter how hard it
got, I was inspired by the book, Wild by Cheryl Strayed who lost the majority
of her toenails and sections of skin from her feet while back-packing the Pacific Coast Trail, which stretches from
Mexico to Canada.
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| View on the way down |
Travelling
at the pace of the group, the whole hike with rests and a lunch break took 10 hours. After
a hot bath, I drifted off to sleep with images of the relentless stones on the
path flowing like a river on my dream screen. After deep sleep, I woke up to muscle soreness in my legs.
Now I'm about to leave for Wales. As Part of the Hay Festival, I'm speaking to
prisoners at HMP Parc. I'm also doing a Banged-Up Banged Up Abroad talk in
Port Talbot at Route 66 Sports Bar & Lounge tonight.
Shaun Attwood
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