A ragtag team from a local law firm and asbestos helpline are taking on the highest mountain in Wales in the dead of night to raise money for cancer charity, Maggie’s Merseyside.
The 12 strong team from Birchall Blackburn Law and the National Asbestos Helpline will climb the mountain in the small hours of Saturday morning reaching the summit for sunrise around 5:15am.
The team will be led by experienced guides from Raw Adventures, based in Llanberis, to ensure everyone is kept safe on the ascent.
The intrepid team will traverse Snowdon which stands at 1,085 metres tall, which is taller than 11 Big Bens! The round trip will be 18 miles, which is roughly 38,000 steps and will take between six to eight hours in total.
Even though it’s May, it will still be a chilly ascent. With average temperatures at Snowdon’s peak in the dark at a freezing -3 degrees. So the climb will be a tough one!
The team is made up of employees from Birchall Blackburn Law and the National Asbestos Helpline, along with friends and family willing to take on the challenge.
Joan Kennedy, a industrial disease and asbestos specialist solicitor for Birchall Blackburn Law, says: “We are excited, but quite nervous to be taking on Snowdon – especially with it being at night! We may have a lack of sleep, but we’re still going to give it our best shot! I’m not looking forward to the blisters, but I’m sure a cooked breakfast and raising money for an amazing cause is going to make it worth it.
“We’re really happy to be doing the trek for the wonderful Maggie’s Merseyside. They do amazing work for those affected by cancer, offering advice and support in a non-clinical space and we couldn’t be happier to be supporting themr.”
The money raised will be donated to Maggie’s Merseyside set in the grounds of Clatterbridge Cancer Hospital. Maggie’s provides free practical, emotional and social support to people with cancer and their family and friends, following the ideas about cancer care originally laid out by Maggie Keswick Jencks.
Maggie’s Centres are amazing places with professional staff on hand to offer the support people need. It costs £2,400 to keep a Maggies Centre open for a day, £12,000 for a week and £590,000 to keep it open for a year! Last year alone Maggie’s Merseyside supported over 15,000 people affected by cancer and have received over 65,000 visits since 2014.
For more information about Maggie’s Merseyside visit their website https://www.maggiescentres.org/our-centres/maggies-merseyside/ or call them on 0300 123 1801
You can sponsor the BB Law and NAH team by donating through their JustGiving link here:
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