<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>What are&nbsp;you doing?</strong></em></span></p> <p>Walking the 3&nbsp;highest peaks in&nbsp;England Wales and Scotland (Scafell Pike,&nbsp;Snowdon &amp; Ben Nevis) over a weekend. I'm doing this&nbsp;challenge with 5 other friends who are fundraising for other&nbsp;worthy causes. The date of the walk is 10-12th June.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Why are&nbsp;you doing it?</strong></em></span></p> <p>In the early stages of my son's life he suffered from a very rare&nbsp;condition called&nbsp;Hypsarythmia.&nbsp;Little information is known&nbsp;about this&nbsp;disorder&nbsp;other than it is a&nbsp;form of epilepsy and although our son (Ben) is&nbsp;currently clear from this unpleasant condition we can never be sure that it won't come back, or return as another epilepsy type.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Epilepsy can be&nbsp;a debilitating and&nbsp;frightening disorder for anyone to have. We found Ben's condition&nbsp;very distressing as parents as we could only watch helplessly as&nbsp;the son we knew and loved&nbsp;disappeared from us for&nbsp;a few minutes at a time. We felt we&nbsp;were powerless to prevent&nbsp;the episodes, we could only hold his hand,&nbsp;comfort him and wait for <em>'it'</em> to stop.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Raising money for the Epilepsy Society will help fund research into all forms of epilepsy as well as Ben's condition and maybe one day offer a cure.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>If climbing some mountains can help&nbsp;contribute to&nbsp;this invaluable&nbsp;research, its got be worth it.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p>