The aim: 
To conquer 3 GIGANTIC mountains:
                     -Snowdon, in Wales (1085m)
                     -Scafell Pike, in England (978m)
                     -Ben Nevis, in Scotland (1344m)
in just 24 hours. Eating and sleeping (if we can) on the long drives inbetween. All in aid of raising much needed money for CiCRA

My motivations: 
My flatmate Oli is mid way through completing a monumental 9 challenges  to raise money for Crohn's In Childhood Research Association (CiCRA).
Check out his website here:  http://www.ninefornicky.co€.uk/
Oli's younger brother Nicky has spent the last several years in and out of hospital due to Crohn’s disease. This has resulted in him missing large chunks of school as well as not being able to spend time with his friends. "Nothing I say can truly emphasise how disruptive it has been to his childhood." - Oli

More information about CiCRA, Crohn's Disease and Nicky:
CiCRA (http://www.cicra.org/) is dedicated to Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis in children. It aims to create a wider understanding of the condition and to raise enough funds to support medical research that will be able to find more effective treatments and an eventual cure.
Crohn’s Disease is inflammation and ulceration of the digestive tract. Symptoms can be extremely variable but often include severe pain, vomiting, dramatic weight loss or something as simple as the child constantly feeling lethargic.

For some people, Crohn’s Disease is very manageable and once they enter something called ‘Remission’ they can spend long periods of their life without any major obstacles. However, for others, it can lead to life changing ileostomy or colostomy surgery which dependent on the individual can see the complete removal of the colon and/or rectum and the creation of a stoma. Sadly, this is something that Nicky has had to go through just recently and has been a traumatic experience for the whole family.

That’s why it’s so important to be able to raise funds to support the work that CiCRA are doing that is providing life-changing support to families just like Oli's and children just like Nicky.

Thank you for reading and I hope at the very least you’ll now have a better understanding of what Crohn’s disease is and the impact that it can on anyone.  Any support or donation that you feel able to give would be greatly appreciated.

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