My colleague’s nephew, Toby, was diagnosed with a low grade brain tumour at the age of five. Despite surgery and gruelling chemotherapy, the position of the tumour on Toby’s brain stem means that it cannot be fully removed. 

Everest in the Alps: the second ascent, is even bigger this year - with 30 people taking on the challenge of scaling the height of Everest on skis. I am in one of the seven teams bracing this epic challenge and preparing myself for the four days of gruelling terrain.

Sadly Toby is not an isolated case. Globally, over 26,870 children and young adults have a paediatric low grade (slower growing) brain tumour. And every day a young person takes another step in dealing with their own personal Everest.