Motor Neurone Disease is a thief. The one that comes dressed in black in the dead of the night. Silently stealing dreams, memories, laughter, fun, independence, adventures, lives. 

6 lives lost EVERY.SINGLE.DAY.

There is no treatment. There is no cure. A third will die within the 1st year of diagnosis, over 50% within 2 years.

Now you see why I can't sit down and do nothing? 

Dave, my father in law, was diagnosed in 2016. In his last years he could no longer care for himself and was reliant on 24hour support to meet his every need. Breathing equipment applied positive pressure to aid his breathing, a hoist took him from bed to chair when he felt well enough to get out of bed. He passed away in June 2020.

Kilimanjaro is an extreme challenge, but so is MND.  My discomfort, my pain, my hard work, my exersion, has an ending. MND does not. 

I am asking for your help. Please help me to raise money to support the MNDA to help other people like Dave, other families like ours. 

In my children's lifetime we need to strive hard to at least find more treatment, if not finally a cure. 

I was due to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in September 2020, three months after Dave passed away. He was very supportive of my need to raise money and to help find an end, or at least some treatment, for this awful disease. My trek has been rescheduled three times now, but finally, on 22nd September 2022, I shall be flying to Tanzania.