Organised by Climbers Against CancerHelp save children's lives in Nepal - climb the height of Everest by fingertips, feet or bike; on rock, trail, road or plastic. In life we're all climbers!
Every penny raised will go to Nepal where it will be used to help kids get a better outcome from their cancer treatment. In 2024 CAC made a grant of £10,000 to train cancer specialists in the tailored use of radiotherapy equipment for the treatment of young people. LINK In the UK a child with cancer has an 80 to 90% likelihood of a successful treatment outcome. Sadly, in low-income countries like Nepal, that likelihood drops to 10 to 20%. This project aims to provide state of the art training to eight cancer doctors, who typically treat around 200 children each year. If we can just halve the gap between Nepal and UK success rates we could help to save dozens of lives each year.
The CAC grant was made to go alongside funding from other international agencies, but regrettably this has fallen through as part of the global squeeze on aid funding. This leaves a major hole in the project and we are dedicating our challenge this year to filling that hole – you can help!
Climbers of all persuasions are invited to take on the ultimate challenge to become Everest Climbers Against Cancer, raising funds for CAC to donate to help save children's lives in Nepal. John Ellison, CAC Founder, had a vision: 'In Life, we are ALL climbers' and we’re reaching out to everyone in the outdoor and climbing communities to join in this challenge. Whether by fingertips, feet or bike; on rock, trail, road or plastic; solo or as part of a group; and over the course of the whole month or in a single push; there are numerous ways for you to accumulate the 8,848m / 29,029ft equivalent to an ascent of the World’s highest summit. The 2025 event is building on the success of last year when we had a bunch of ‘Everesteers’ raising vital funds for CAC.
Paul Robins climbed the equivalent height of Everest by 'traversing' around the 'island' at Boulder UK in Preston, a CAC climbing centre, (approx. 350 times!) spread over the month of June.
The Rucksack Club climbed routes totalling well over the 8,000m mark during a weekend at Gogarth, Anglesey LINK
Alexandros, Emma, Charles and Charlie beat their original target of Everest base camp (4,424m) and pushed on all the way to the summit at Lancaster Wall.
…and whilst not quite an Everest height, June also saw CAC Stars Harry Martin and Richard Holdsworth climb 100 stars at Stanage and capture the experience in this great documentary:
All of the above was inspired by our friends at the Harrogate Tri Club who chose to cycle their way up their Everesting Challenge on Norwood Edge, Harrogate, in October 2023.
To inspire us all further, CAC Ambassador Kenton Cool registered his incredible EIGHTEENTH ASCENT OF EVEREST! (the real thing!) – here he is showing off his CAC T-Shirt… More on Kenton’s Instagram
If that all seems a bit much (and let’s face it, Kenton is in a class of his own!) there are plenty of other ways you could clock up the height gain!
CLIMBERS! How about teaming up with your climbing club, or a group of mates, and setting out to climb routes (inside or out) to the magic 8,848m total (something like 500 routes at the wall or maybe half a dozen laps of El Cap)?
HIKERS! You could cover the ground on a week’s trekking in the Alps, or get together a minibus-full of your mates to walk up one of the UK’s wonderful fells in the Lake District, Snowdonia or The Dales (maybe choose an objective other than Scafell Pike or Snowdon and enjoy some solitude whilst you are at it?)
RUNNERS! The original Everesting.cc. has a category for runners too, or perhaps you are already planning an ultra marathon or fell-running ‘big round’ that could also be an opportunity to raise much-needed funds for cancer research.
CYCLISTS! Pick your hill, saddle up and set out for the full Everesting Challenge, or set your sights on Base Camp (still a mammoth undertaking!)
We’d love for you to join us in our Challenge, and there is no ‘right way’ to complete your Everest Climb Against Cancer – we’re actually not even too fussed when you do it; how far you 'climb'; by what means; or if your challenge is to bake and sell an Everest-sized mountain of cookies – every penny raised goes to training these expert cancer doctors in Nepal and helping to save children's lives.
...and of course, if you don't fancy an Everest Climb yourself, how about donating to one of these challenges?
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