Kit Dickson is fundraising for St Ann's Hospice

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Cho Oyu, the worlds 6th highest mountain

on 01/09/2008

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Raising money for

St Ann's Hospice

Charity Registration No. 258085

St Ann’s Hospice is here to help and support people through one of the most difficult times of their lives.

Hospice care is based on the simple idea that a person who has a life-threatening illness or is dying is still very much a living person, with unique physical, emotional, social & spiritual needs. At St Ann’s Hospice, our aim is to help people maintain their dignity and maximise their quality of life. We’re not just focused on our patients either: we recognise that it’s also a difficult time for relatives, carers and friends & that they may need support too.

All of the services provided by the hospice are free of charge and around two thirds of our funding comes from donations and fundraising events – that means we have to raise £16,000 a day to provide our services.

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Kit Dickson

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Raised: 71%

Target: £10,000.00
Raised so far: £7,095.00

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My story

Hi, and thanks for visiting my fundraising page. Please dig deep and sponsor me online.

If you are interested in what i'm doing then please read on, there's more about my plans for this year, and the mental and physical challenges i will face, below.

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: St Ann's Hospice will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

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So what am i doing?

Well, I really want a challenge. I enjoy pushing boundaries. I love the mountains, travel and exploration, so it seems like the most obvious thing in the world to include these elements. But what sort of challenge?

There are a number of difficult tests in the UK's Mountains that seem to fit the bill perfectly; attempting the three peaks (the highest mountains of England, Wales and Scotland, and over 9000 feet of ascent and descent) all in one day! the "Welsh 3000'ers" (fifteen Welsh Mountains all over 3000 feet, which can be climbed in a day (total ascent and descent 12,000 feet); The Caledonian challenge, a 54 mile walk through the Scottish Mountains from Fort William and Ben Nevis to Loch Lomond.

But i really do want a challenge, so why not all of the above....seems like a great idea, so that's what i am doing, but there's more. Between now and mid October i will complete all of the above tests, as stages in a training programme for my ultimate goal, to climb Cho Oyu..... Cho what i hear you say.

Cho Oyu, meaning Turqoise Goddess in Tibetan, sits on the border of Nepal and Tibet, in the shadow of its more illustrious neighbour, Mount Everest, or "Chomolungma, Mother Goddess of the Sky" as the locals like to put it.

Her slopes knife through the air to an astonishing 8201metres (or 27,000feet in old money). In those realms clouds are left far below, wildlife dwindles... and dies, winds rip across battered slopes strewn with shattered rock. Snow flurries and ice storms, temperatures plunge to freeze flesh and form icicles from your breath. At its summit Oxygen is so rare that man cannot survive for long, a breath has to be wrung from the air whilst your body consumes itself and the sun blisters the skin.... There's no doubt, this can be one of the harshest places on earth..

But.....it is also beautiful in these mountains, the Himalaya, i have seen it. Looking down on the world around, crystal clear skies, snow sparkling all around, these mountains draw the soul...but why go there? i dont know; "because they are there" someone once said.

This is my chance to fulfil a longstanding ambition and dream, to climb one of the worlds highest mountains. So in September 2008 i will set off with a band of hardy brother, fools all you will say....to climb this behemoth, this white peaked goddess soaring above the clounds in th erealms where men in jet engines only recently started to roam.

more to follow shortly,,

	Donation by Luke Dickson 29/10/08	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Donation by Priti 21/10/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Well done! Donation by Warhorse 21/10/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Too much like hard work Donation by Laura Smart 21/10/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	glad you are back safe Donation by Chris, Naomi, Hannah & Alex Ross 14/10/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	What an achievement ! Donation by Ron & Jean Hover 13/10/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	good luck on getting to the top mate Donation by matt ryder 07/10/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	hi kit hope it went well looks like good fun Donation by jonny ryder 06/10/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	good luck. (better late than never ...) Donation by rupert shiers 06/10/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Hope it goes well - we assume you dont need our help in equipping the red/burguny tents -YET! Donation by BKF Ltd 04/10/08	£100.00
	Here's to a successful stroll. Take care. Donation by Garry & Margaret Ryder 03/10/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck! Donation by Gohar Khan 26/09/08	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Best of luck Kit. Donation by Freyja Dickson 18/09/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Rather you than me - i'm not that fond of snow these days! Best of luck, hope its enjoyable. Donation by Nicola Dooley 16/09/08	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	Good luck nutcase! Donation by Jon Turton 15/09/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	good luck, are you sure you dont have a death wish Donation by Andrea Thomas 12/09/08	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Good luck Kit and don't forget you thermals! Donation by Adam Thompson 08/09/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Best of luck. Take care and we look forward to your return. Donation by tony & jean dickson 03/09/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good luck! Donation by Vanessa Patterson 02/09/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Best of luck Kit - but let someone else do the map reading !! Donation by Simon Shaw 02/09/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good luck!!! Donation by Katy Benson 02/09/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Eek!! Sounds terrifying rather than challenging.. good luck. Donation by Julie Martin 01/09/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good Luck Kit! Have a wonderful time and come back in one piece! Donation by Anne Arnthal 01/09/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	All the best Kit. Do some conquering and come home in one piece! Donation by Tom & Susan Hegarty 29/08/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good luck Kit. Donation by Julian Krause 22/08/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Definitely crazy but best of luck for getting to the top Donation by Jason Collins 19/08/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Very impressed ex KPMG Donation by Margaret Lumley 19/08/08	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	I still think you are crazy. Take care and see you in October! Donation by Pilar Espejo 19/08/08	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Impressed you managed to wangle the time off mate! Donation by Hugh Moxon 31/07/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	take care Donation by dave 26/07/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£1,595.00
Offline donations:	£5,500.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£421.67

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