Hiking Mount Whitney, for Thunderbirds

Marcus Dyson is raising money for International Rescue Corps
“Marcus Dyson's Fundraising Page”

on 12 May 2009

£447
raised of £750 target
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Story

After a lifetime of throwing myself down things, I've recently started going up them.

This August, I'm going to try and climb up Mount Whitney. This is not in itself particularly hard. Very many people do it every year.

But they take two or more days about it.

I'm going to try and do it in a day. That's 22 miles, with over 2,000m of ascent, all at altitude. If fatigue doesn't get me, altitude sickness will do its best. If they both fail, there are bears and lions.

If I do not make the summit by early afternoon, I risk being caught in the violent electrical storms that are an almost daily occurrence up there.

If that were not enough, take a look at the thing, this is no Whernside.

So I'd like you to sponsor me. Any money you pledge will go directly to International Rescue - so that Scott, Virgil, and Brains can carry on their good work. Except for the 5% that JustGiving shamelessly skims off the top so that they can employ a team of 50 people to maintain this quite shoddy website. I can't wait for Virgin Money Giving to launch.

* Please note, International Rescue Corps is a serious real charity that does good work, it is not run by puppets, and they do not drive rocket ships.

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International Rescue Corps

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The International Rescue Corps is an independent UN registered disaster rescue service. Formed in 1981 in the aftermath of the Italian earthquake, and has since undertaken numerous missions at home and across the world. All the IRC's services are provided free of charge, our aim is purely to save life.

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