The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association is the only national
organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland dedicated to the
support of people with MND and those who care for them.
Our mission is to fund and promote research to bring about an end to
MND. Until then we will do all that we can to enable everyone with MND
to receive the best care, achieve the highest quality of life possible,
and die with dignity. We will also do all that we can to support the
families and carers of people with MND.
Our vision is of a world free of MND.
Three years ago Doug Ousterman died a nasty death from Motor Neurone Disease. He was Fred's brother-in-law and the father of two lovely young kids.
We have been lucky enough to get the opportunity to walk the last degree latitude to the North Pole. Temperatures will be down to -40C, hopefully too cold for the bears.
We will walk about 80-100 miles depending on the direction of flow of the ice. We will be pulling sleds weighing around 50kg. The journey is expected to take 7-10 days.
We would like to raise money for the care and support of families going through this wretched illness.
