Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

My Grandad, Jack McLaren had a quadruple heart bypass about 12 years ago.  He is now 90 and he has never let it get him down.

Some of the treatment that he has had over the years has only been made possible due to the excellent research done by the British Heart Foundation.  Every Tuesday he attends Heartthrobs, a keep fit class for people with heart problems, so I wanted to take on some crazy personal challenges, including reaching the top of Africa's highest peak, to continue the good work of the charity.

If my Grandad can attend a keep fit class at 90 years old, with two artificial hips and a dodgy ticker, then I'm sure I can push myself to reach the summit of Kilimanjaro on 1 Jan 2015!

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