On the 21^st April Stuart and Joanne Hunt set off to trek to Everest Base Camp and very kindly decided to raise money for Active Hope in the process. Here is a bit about them. 

This is something we have wanted to do as a personal challenge and thought it would be a great opportunity to raise money for Charity to boot (pardon the pun!).  We chose Active Hope as we love the outdoors (hence being crazy enough to undertake this trek!) and so we are strongly supportive of any organisation that will help local children who would otherwise not have the opportunity to experience the wonders and excitement the outdoors have to offer. 

The ascent will take 11 days, through remote Sherpa villages and up the Khumbu glacier for the final approach to Everest Base Camp at 5300m above sea level.  A further goal is to reach the peak of Kala Pattar at 5500m above sea level overlooking Everest Base Camp and offering views of the surrounding mountains including Everest itself!  This is followed by a 4 day descent.  

We hope you can help to give us that extra incentive to fight through the altitude sickness and stomach problems to reach our 2 main goals by sponsoring us!  You can donate via Just Giving at www.justgiving.com/StuandJo-everest alternatively you can use a sponsorship form available on request.  The trip itself has been fully paid for by us so 100% of funds raised will go directly to the Charity. 

If you would like to see our progress, technology and signal permitting, we will be updating a blog en route at stu-intheclouds.blogspot.com/

Thank you so much Stuart and Joanne. We really do appreciate this effort.

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