Sue is on Mount Everest – walking uphill a lot and raising money for charity. You can see regular updates on her personal blog www.faithgoeswalkabout.org
If you would like to sponsor Sue and donate money to ASBAH and Sue’s parish then please visit the Sponsor our Adventure page and leave your details.
Sue has included a narrative about her journey below.
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Sue wrote…
A chance of a lifetime, an opportunity not to be missed.
A real adventure, we will be walking for 13 days and getting to altitudes of over 15,000ft.Leaving on Sunday Oct 10th and returning Thursday 28th October.
Lots of preparation and training and I am hoping, to make it to base camp, altitude sickness permitting, but however far I walk it will be an exciting trip.
I am raising money for ASBAH, Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus, St Nicholas Church, Gayton and would be really pleased if you are willing to sponsor me.
Information about the adventure.
Itinerary
Day 1 Arrive Kathmandu
Day 2 Sightseeing in Kathmandu
Day 3 Fly to Lukla (2,800m) and trek to Phakding
Day 4 Phakding to Namche Bazaar
Day 5 Acclimatisation day
Day 6 Namche Bazaar to Kyanjuma
Day 7 Kyanjuma to Thyangboche
Day 8 Thyangboche to Dingboche
Day 9 Acclimatisation day
Day 10 Dingboche to Lobuje
Day 11 Lobuje to Gorak Shep (5,288m) and visit Everest Base Camp
Day 12 Gorak Shep to Kala Pattar (5,545m)
Day 13 To Thyangboche
Day 14 To Lukla via Namche Bazaar
Day 16 Kathmandu
Day 17 Kathmandu
Day 18 Return to UK
I am really looking forward to being in the mountains and seeing Everest. Will love meeting the people and seeing the flowers and scenery as we walk.
On the way we will stay in local teahouses, which have basic communal accommodation and a chance to have a meal and a shower (I hope!!)
Namche Bazaar is an impressive village on the edge of a sheer hillside,from there onwards we will be out of contact. Quite a challenge for me as I rely on my mobile and internet links to speak to friends and family.
Everest base camp, altitude 5,288m, is on the edge of the Khumbu Glacier which we can walk across to stand at the base of the ice fall reaching up to Mt. Everest.
I am raising money for and ASBAH, Association for Spina Bifida and hydrocephalus, St Nicholas Church, Gayton and would be really pleased if you are willing to sponsor me.
To find out more as I travel you can visit my blog below which I will update when I can…
See www.faithgoeswalkabout.org.uk
Wish me luck and I hope together we can raise some funds for ASBAH and St Nicholas Church.
Sue Martin
