Oscar Burrow

Oscar's Everest Walk

Fundraising for Derian House Children's Hospice
£40,394
raised of £60,000 target
We offer respite & palliative care to children, young people & their families

Story

The journey so far;

29 May 2023 he completed the 12 mountain Everest challenge with the hike up Ben Nevis.

4 August 2023 he and his friend Ollie completed the National three peaks challenge in 45hours and 50mins. 

I am 6 years old and at school we learnt about Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay which has inspired me to want to be the youngest person to climb Mount Everest, but I need to practice first!

My Daddy and I came up with a plan to climb the equivalent of Mount Everest (8,849m) across 12 UK mountains. This was a huge challenge for me so we thought it would be a great way to raise money to help support children and their families when they are facing much harder challenges in their lives.  

I have just started out on my Everest journey, but have completed my first fundraising challenge with these 12 mountains, you can follow my progress on my Facebook page - Oscar's Everest Walk for Derian House Children's Hospice (facebook.com)....

1. Inglebrough 

  • 9 Oct 2022 – Summited (455m)

2. Whernside 

  • 26 Oct 2022 – Summited (583m)

3. Old Man of Coniston

  • 19 Nov 2022 – Summited  (690m)

4. Helvellyn (3rd highest in England)

  • 4 Dec 2022 - Attempted - turned back due to poor visibility
  • 20 Dec 2022- Summited (738m)

5. Skiddaw (6th highest in England) and Skiddaw Little Man 

  • 2 Jan 2023- Summited both (782m)

6. Blencathra (18th highest in England) - replaced Great Gable 

  • 14 Jan 2023- Summited (654m)

7. Glyder Fawr (5th highest in Wales) 

  • 16 Feb 2023 - Attempted - turned back due to poor visibility
  • 25 Mar 2023 - Summited (753m)

8. Snowdon / Yr Wyddfa (highest in Wales) 

  • 18 Feb 2023- Summited (954m)

9. Scarfell Pike (highest in England) 

  • 6 April 2023- Summited (955m)

10. Cairn Gorm (6th  highest in Scotland) 

  • 13 April 2023- Summited (681m)

11. Great Gable (10th highest in England) 

  • 7 May 2023 - Summited (climbed 1,159m across 5 mountains)

12. Ben Nevis (highest in Scotland) 

  • 29 May 2023 - Summited (1,340)

National 3 peaks on 4 August 2023.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. I will make sure to keep you updated on my journey through the challenge and upload pictures of my successful summits :-)

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About the charity

Derian House Children's Hospice provides specialist care and respite to children and young people with life-limiting or life-shortening conditions. We cover the South of Cumbria, the entire of Lancashire and the North of Manchester. To provide our services in 2023 the cost to us stands at over £6m.

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Total raised
£40,393.60
+ £4,715.74 Gift Aid
Online donations
£25,152.02
Offline donations
£15,241.58

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