<p>.</p> <div id="story" class="frp-message-body" style="behavior: none; height: auto;"> <p style="behavior: none;">The Muscle Help Foundation exists to deliver amazing and&nbsp;unforgettable experiences for children and young people with muscular dystrophy, a degenerative muscle wasting disease.&nbsp; Its founder, Michael McGrath, was diagnosed with the disease as a teenager.&nbsp; It didn't stop him pursuing a successful business career, setting up the charity and journeying to both the North and South Poles to raise money for his cause.</p> <p style="behavior: none;">Michael is&nbsp;the inspiration for Iain Kennedy, Duncan Berry, Iain Hill-Trevor, Oli Stewart, Jon McIntosh, Cameron Jack and Mark Richardson to attempt the Haute Route in 3 days, half the normal time.&nbsp; First completed on skis in 1911, it is the most famous ski touring itinerary in the Alps and justifiably so. This is the High Alps at their best,&nbsp;beginning near Mont Blanc in Chamonix and finishing in sight of the Matterhorn in Zermatt.</p> <p style="behavior: none;">Our 2.5-day trip will involve a journey of 120km, including 6,000 vertical metres&nbsp;of ascent (on skis&nbsp;or with ice axe/crampons) and descent (on skis&nbsp;or abseiling).&nbsp; To succeed, we'll need to be fit and very practiced at ski-ing uphill!</p> <p style="behavior: none;">If we do, we hope we'll have earned your money.&nbsp; Many thanks for your support.</p> </div>