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The Begining
Sitting in a bus high in the Peruvian Andes in October 2005, most of the bus was asleep. Three of us were awake. Polly an English girl, Graham and me. We started talking about lack of oxygen and lead onto the idea of climbing Everest. Polly said she would love to climb Everest and Graham and I in our Hypoxic state said to each other that we would love to do it.
We discussed for an hour or so about the history and how one would start to climb. Polly mentioned there were companies running treks to base camp and climbing in the region. The seed was planted and once we came back to Ireland we starting looking at other high altitude climbs we could do and ways in which we could actually test ourselves mentally and physically to see if we could possibility take on a giant like Everest.
We have now climbed around the world under the guidance of some of the best and feel we have a great chance of climbing Everest. We started recruiting climbers interested in this challenge in November 2006 and at one point had twelve people with their sights on Everest. We did climbing trips, weekends away and took people out of their comfort zones to find climbers up for the challenge. As it turns we are now just 2, Graham and I, friends since we were ten embarking on the biggest climbing adventure known to man.
Ian Taylor
Fundraising / Donate
There are 3 ways that donations can be made;
- By electronic funds transfer to account number 42792240, sort code 93-33-92
- By sending a cheque made payable to Fields of Life No 2 Account, to Everest Project, Fields of Life, Tree Tops, Brides Glen Road Shankill, Dublin 18.
- By clicking the mycharity.ie link below
