As most of you will be aware my sister Liz spent 30 days in the critical care unit at Colchester hospital during October and November 2012, unfortunately her illness was unable to be brought under control and she passed away on the 22nd November 2012.

The level of care not only Liz received, but what we as a family received was outstanding. It costs on average £2000 for a patient to be in the critical care unit for 24 hours. I have therefore set myself the target of raising £60,000 for Liz's stay there.

I have therefore decided to climb Mount Everest on the 18th September to raise funds for this. If you could please give all you can in support of the amazing work they do and help me get to my initial £10,000 target.

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