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Mont Blanc! Why not?

Jamie Moodie is raising money for The Pituitary Foundation
“Jamie Moodie's fundraising”

on 28 April 2011

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We’re The Pituitary Foundation. We’re a dedicated team offering practical, emotional and peer support to everyone living with or impacted by a pituitary condition, to feel empowered and live with a greater sense of wellbeing.

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<div><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000080; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Cambria', 'serif'; color: navy; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Mission: <em>&ldquo;Mont Blanc! Why Not!&rdquo;</em></span></strong><strong></strong></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Cambria', 'serif'; color: navy; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Team</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Cambria', 'serif'; color: navy; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">:Adam&rdquo;Tango&rdquo; Pigott (Team Leader), Rodger Danks, Jamie Moodie, John Raynor, John Woods &amp; Ray Christopher</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Cambria', 'serif'; color: navy; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Reason:</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Cambria', 'serif'; color: navy; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> None of us have ever attempted anything like this before but all team members are fit, healthy and all want to make the summit (and down again). </span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria', 'serif'; color: navy; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We will be dependant on a good weather window and none of us getting altitude sickness. </span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria', 'serif'; color: navy; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A huge amount of specific fitness is being undertaken and all of us will be trained to traverse glaciers with crampons and Ice-axe by the time we set off for the summit. </span></span></span></div> </span></span></div> <div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria', 'serif'; color: navy; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in Western Europe at 4,810 meters (15,780 feet). We are all doing this for our own personal reasons but we are united on raising some money for this worthwhile cause.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000080; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000080; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria', 'serif'; color: navy; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Pituitary Foundation is a national UK charity, which is working to provide information and support to those living with pituitary disorders, including patients, their relatives, friends and carers. Further information can be found at: <a href="http://www.pituitary.org.uk/">http://www.pituitary.org.uk/</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000080; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000080; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria', 'serif'; color: navy; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you for visitng this page, and any donation would be greatly received.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000080; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000080; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000080; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000080; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria', 'serif'; color: navy; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">Many thanks,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333399;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria', 'serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: small;">The Team</span></span></div>

Donation summary

Total
£4,841.35
+ £410.09 Gift Aid
Online
£1,736.35
Offline
£3,105.00

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