Mont Blanc Step Challenge

The highest mountain in Western Europe .

I want to challenge myself during the 3 week extension to the lockdown, as so many fantastic people have already achieved great things during the lockdown and raised lots of money for the NHS and other charities.

I am in the process of climbing the height of Mont Blanc, which is a mountain in the Alps that is on the French and Italian border. It is the highest mountain in Western Europe. I started to do some calculations and got my Dad to help me with this. I measured the steps and did a number of calculations to work out how many steps I would need to climb, how many times I would have to climb the three flights of stairs, there are 42 steps and how many days I would to be climbing for.

I am in the process of climbing 2000ft (610m) for 7 days and then on the 8th day, which will be the final day, I will be climbing 1,781ft (543m). It will be a challenge, especially as I won’t have the beautiful scenic views and I will just keep seeing the stairs. The Shard in London is 1,016ft (310m) high, the tallest completed habitable building in the United Kingdom, so I will be climbing up the Shard nearly twice each day! I will be walking down 2000ft each day as well, but that won’t count!! It’s funny, as my Dad reminded me of the first ever fell/hill/mountain I climbed with him, which was Pen-y-ghent, in the Yorkshire Dales. I was only 7 years old at the time and it was during the summer holidays. The height of Pen-y-ghent is, 2,277ft (694m). I will be raising money for 3 charities, as there are a number of charities that I want to raise money for, especially with everything that is going on during this very difficult time. The 3 charities are:

NHS Together

Age UK

Mind

Here are some of the figures for the climb:

HEIGHT OF MONT BLANC: 15,781ft (4,810m)

TOTAL NUMBER OF STEPS: 27,023 steps

NUMBER OF TIMES CLIMBING UP THE STAIRS: 644 times

NUMBER OF DAYS: 8 days

STEPS PER DAY: 3,425 steps each day for 7 days, (2000ft, 610m)

3,048 steps on the final day, (1,781ft, 543m)

NUMBER OF TIMES CLIMBING UP THE STAIRS PER DAY: 82 times each day for 7 days

73 times on the last day (8th day)

If you would like to sponsor me, please donate what you can to one of my chosen charities, thank you so much!! Also, if you can share my story that would be amazing, so I can raise as much money as I can, thank you!

Below are the donation tabs in order:

1. NHS Together

2. Mind

3. Age UK