Jaunting for Jemma!

We are hoping to help our friend Jemma in raising enough funds for her to undergo a stem cell transplant by embarking on the trek of all trek's; The trek to Mount Everest's Base Camp!

Jemma was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of 21 and has since tried lots of different ways to help ease the progression of it including full lifestyle changes, physiotherapy, and eating raw. Now 31, the MS is progressing and affecting her balance and mobility, making it difficult for her to live an independent life. She is hoping to raise a total of £55,000 for a stem cell transplant which can halt the disease in it's tracks. It can be a huge operation with some risk however she has considered it indepth and we are fully behind her all the way with it and hope to support her through our challenge!

The challenge!

To help Jemma raise hospital fees, we are attempting to embark upon a rigorous trek through the Nepalese Himalayas to the base camp of the world's highest mountain: Mount Everest! It will be a physically and mentally challenging venture that will have us cover a distance of at least 130km throughout the trek, with an average trekking time of 7 hours per day over roughly 2 weeks. Our creaky knees are gonna love us for it!

Throughout the 2 weeks, we will gain an elevation of around 600-800m each day, reaching up to over 5500m in altitude, that's 18,000ft! The air at this altitude has less oxygen which can make trekking trickier as high altitude sickness is common so it's important to acclimatize slowly as you head up the mountain range.

We both enjoy little hikes in and around Scotland but have never done anything quite like this before so it will be a huge but hopefully rewarding challenge! Especially if we can help Jemma in raising some funds along the way to help access the life changing operation.

Please support us in this challenge through donation and sharing the fundraiser also! Together we can get Jemma to achieving her goal and help enable a better quality of living for such a fantastic soul!

Jemma's just giving page - https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/louise-fegan?utm_term=PN5bnRZ25