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About JoiningJack and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is one of the most common fatal genetic disorders to affect children around the world. Approximately one in every 3,500 boys worldwide is afflicted with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy with 20,000 new cases reported each year in the developed world.

It is a devastating and currently incurable muscle-wasting disease, associated with specific inborn errors in the gene that codes for dystrophin, a protein that plays a key structural role in muscle fibre function. Symptoms usually appear in male children before the age of five. Progressive muscle weakness of the legs and pelvis eventually spreads to the arms, neck, and other areas. By age 10, braces may be required for walking, and most patients are confined to a wheelchair by age 12.

Eventually, this progresses to complete paralysis and increasing difficulty in breathing, requiring ventilation. The condition is terminal, and death usually occurs before the age of 30.

The outpatient cost of care for a non-ambulatory DMD boy is among the highest of any disease. There is currently no cure for DMD, but for the first time ever, there are promising therapies in or moving into clinical development. 

Jack is a young boy who suffers from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and the charity is committed to raising money to help find a treatment or a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.  

For more information on JoiningJack and the family behind the charity please visit their website... http://joiningjack.org/home/

About our Challenge

On June 20th and 21st 2015 we are all JoiningJack and will be attempting to complete the National 3 Peaks Challenge.  This consists of reaching the summit of the three highest peaks in Scotland, England and Wales in 24 hours.  The plan is as follows...

5pm - Start at Ben Nevis

10pm - Finish Ben Nevis and begin the 6 hour drive to Scafell Pike

4am - Start the the climb up Scafell Pike 

8am - Finish Scafell Pike and begin the 5 hour drive to Snowdon

1pm - Start climbing Snowdon

5pm - Finish Snowdon 

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