On 6th January 2022 myself Tommy Price 26 years old was involved in a Fell Running Accident in the Lake District ( https://keswickmrt.org.uk/rescue/halls-fell-blencathra-2/ ) – I suffered a Cardiac Arrest caused by Accidental Severe Hypothermia – My core body temperature dropped to 19 degrees C and I was given manual and mechanical CPR for 2 hours 8 minutes and was then kept alive using an ECMO machine and was unconscious for 4 days and in ICU for 2 weeks. I have now fully recovered apart from severe nerve issues in my hands and feet. I will be running the London Marathon this year in October to raise money for Keswick Mountain Rescue who literally saved my life with the support of Penrith MRT, Coast Guard helicopter team (Rescue 936 from Caernarfon) and the RVI and Freeman hospitals in Newcastle. Also if it wasn’t for my best friend Max getting down the mountain and getting MRT to me as soon as possible who knows if I’d be here today love the man with all my heart ❤️ I was clinically dead for between 2 hours 14 minutes and 3 hours 20 minutes and if it wasn’t for the volunteers and doctors that work for mountain rescue I wouldn’t be here today! Please donate anything you can - everything helps these amazing people to keep saving lives.

6th January 2022 → 6th September 2026

Four years and eight months ago I was on Hall’s Fell Ridge with my mate Max, recceing Leg 1 of the Bob Graham Round.

That day, my heart stopped.

Max ran down the mountain to raise the alarm, and Keswick Mountain Rescue found me lifeless on the ridge. My core temperature was around 18°C and I was in ventricular fibrillation.

After three attempts to restart my heart on the mountain, I was airlifted to Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary’s A&E where an incredible medical team from the Freeman Hospital were waiting for me and put me onto ECMO to take over the function of my heart and lungs.

I was gradually rewarmed, and at 27°C they defibrillated me again.

This time, my heart started beating by itself.

I spent five days in an induced coma and three weeks in hospital. When I woke up, I couldn’t walk. Severe nerve damage to my hands and feet meant around a year of recovery.

Nine months later, I ran the London Marathon and raised around £10,000 for Keswick Mountain Rescue.

But there was still something unfinished.

The Bob Graham Round.

The very challenge I had been recceing when I nearly died.

So on 5th September 2026, I stood at the Moot Hall and set off.

66 miles. 42 fells. Around 27,000ft of ascent.

23 hours 35 minutes later, I was back.

I had completed the Bob Graham Round.

And one of the most surreal parts of the whole journey was having Jonny Hulme with me.

Jonny was one of the first rescuers to reach me on Hall’s Fell four years ago. This time, he supported me on Leg 1 and then ran the final road section into Keswick with me.

At the Moot Hall was John Ferris, the Mountain Rescue doctor from my original callout, along with a whole group of Keswick Mountain Rescue team members and their truck.

Four years ago, these people were helping save my life.

Four years later, they were there as I completed the challenge I had been recceing when it all happened.

From being found lifeless on Hall’s Fell… to running the full Bob Graham Round in 23 hours 35 minutes.

I was given a second chance.

This weekend, I made the most of it.

What a journey. ❤️