A girl at Emilys school requires an operation to give her a chance of saving her leg. Kyra is 7 years old and loves playing energetically with her friends. If her rare birth defect is left untreated, she will have her leg amputated above the knee. A group led by her dad are having a climbing challenge at our local wall and fundraising towards the £95,000 goal for her life-changing surgery by taking on a unique climbing challenge. 

I was telling Emily about this after speaking with Kyras dad. Emily thought she could help....

She thinks she can do 10 routes (so around 100 metres.) Steph and I hope to round this off to 1000 metres....

What we are climbing:

Olympus Mons, a volcano on Mars, is the highest mountain in the solar system with an approximate height of 22,000 metres.  A core group will climb the equivalent height (2,200 ascents) throughout the day at the climbing wall in High Sports Brighton to fundraise for 'Step With Kyra'. 

How high is it: 

Depending where you measure from, the summit is listed as somewhere between 21,000m and 26,000m, but the best image we found mentions 22,000m which is a valid measurement from "the local relief".

How many ascents: 
The routes at High Sports Brighton vary between about 8m and 13m. For simplicity, we've said that an average ascent is 10m, therefore it's 2,200 ascents.

Support:
Please support us by pledging.  Alternatively (or additionally) come join in and climb a few hundred metres! No equipment, experience or space suit is necessary. Contact us for more details.