DURING 2020 I’M AIMING TO COMPLETE MY ASCENTS OF ALL 214 ‘WAINWRIGHT PEAKS’ OF THE LAKE DISTRICT (WHICH I STARTED  AS A PURELY PERSONAL CHALLENGE IN OCTOBER 2018), THOUGH, AS A FORMERLY ACTIVE OUTDOOR CLIMBER, FELL RUNNER, & MOUNTAINEER , HAVING EXPERIENCED A MAJOR STROKE SIX YEARS AGO , I’M PAINFULLY AWARE OF WHAT ITS LIKE TO SUFFER  LIFE-LIMITING DISABILITIES AND  WISH TO PROVIDE HELP TO  LESS FORTUNATE  SURVIVORS WHO FIND THEMSELVES AFFLICTED BY THIS OFTEN OVERLOOKED CONDITION AFFECTING MANY PEOPLE OF WORKING AGE EACH YEAR, AND  SINCE THIS MARKS A SIGNIFICANT ADVANCE  FROM WHERE MY LIFE WAS SIX YEARS AGO (HAVING PUT IN A SERIOUS AMOUNT OF WORK SINCE INITIALLY PRESENTING AS 50% PARALYSED), I'M USING THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMBING THE FINAL 100 SUMMITS TO FUND-RAISE IN AID OF STROKE SURVIVORS. I'M NOW 100% OF THE WAY THROUGH MY CHALLENGE; HAVING  COMPLETED ASCENTS OF ALL 214 PEAKS,  FINISHING THE FINAL CELEBRATORY SUMMIT  IN OCTOBER 2020 ( TWO-YEARS TO THE DAY SINCE STARTING MY VENTURE), WITH A SUCCESSFUL  ASCENT OF MELLBREAK IN BUTTERMERE.

 MY PREPARATION TO DATE HAS INVOLVED A RELENTLESS 5-YEAR REHAB PROGRAMME OF THERAPY, GYM WORK & MANY MOUNTAIN WALKS, AS WELL AS 4000KM OF HARDY TRIKE RIDES (INCLUDING TWO PREVIOUS 130 MILE FUNDRAISING RIDES FOR STROKE; RAISING AROUND £7000 TO DATE). WHY CHOSE TO WALK THE 'WAINWRIGHTS'? - AFTER A CLIMBING LIFE OF EXTREME ADVENTURES SPANNING OVER FORTY YEARS DELIVERING MANY SCARY EXPERIENCES, THERE'S BEEN NONE AS SCARY AS FINDING MYSELF IN A WHEELCHAIR WITH NO CONTROL OVER MY OWN LIMBS - A FATE BEFALLING MANY STROKE SURVIVORS - BUT BY FIGHTING BACK AND GIVING MYSELF A CHALLENGING PERSONAL GOAL, I HOPE TO DEMONSTRATE TO OTHER STROKE SURVIVORS THAT WITH SUFFICIENT DETERMINATION ITS POSSIBLE TO MAKE A GOOD RECOVERY, FULFILL PERSONAL GOALS AND STILL HAVE OUTDOOR ADVENTURES.

 FUNDRAISING CAN HELP MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE FOR STROKE SURVIVORS SINCE UK HEALTH RESEARCH SHOWS THAT STROKE RECEIVED JUST 1.2% OF THE TOTAL SPEND ON UK RESEARCH IN 2018, SO PLEASE HELP SUPPORT MY LATEST VENTURE WHICH IS BACKED BY STROKE ASSOCIATION;

£25 COULD HELP FUND CRITICAL RESEARCH THAT FACILITATES LIFE-CHANGING DISCOVERIES TO PREVENT, DIAGNOSE AND TREAT STROKE.

£50 COULD HELP FUND RESEARCH INTO NEW WAYS OF HELPING STROKE SURVIVORS WHO HAVE DIFFICULTIES COMMUNICATING.

£5 COULD HELP FUND RESEARCH INTO NEW WAYS TO PREVENT, TREAT & SUPPORT PEOPLE TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES AFTER STROKE.

THERE ARE MORE THAN 100,000 STROKES IN THE UK EACH YEAR (THAT'S AROUND ONE EVERY FIVE MINUTES); STROKE IS A LEADING CAUSE OF DISABILITY IN THE U.K;- ALMOST TWO THIRDS OF STROKE SURVIVORS LEAVE HOSPITAL WITH A DISABILITY AND IN NEED OF SUPPORT BUT WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO  THE FOLLOW-UP THERAPIES NECESSARY TO MAKE A GOOD QUALITY RECOVERY.

I HOPE YOU CAN SUPPORT MY CAUSE,

STEVE B.