UPDATE - 29/01/21 

I'VE DONE IT!!  I've reached the summit of K2 🥳 ...which in fact today was Latrigg 😃 (See photos below).

The support has been simply overwhelming but of course any more raised now will support more families.... 

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UPDATE - 14/01/21

As we have so very nearly reached the target to support Jahan for a full year (AMAZING - thank you), I have added on £800 to raise money towards food relief in the villages of Hushe and Kanday.  This will help 30 families with food for a month - anything over the new target will simply help more families :)

These families have had next to no income this year due to the absence of trekkers and expeditions, they are facing an exceedingly difficult winter. This money will provide the families with a month’s supply of basic food ingredients; flour, rice, tea, sugar, dahl and soap for washing.

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The plan is to walk the height of K2 (8611m) between the 1st and 31st of January 2021.. with the addition of a 15kg rucksack. 

This is to raise money towards the salary of a female teacher; Jahan, (salary per year is £1200) who teaches in the small village of Askole, in Pakistan. (Mountaineers pass through Askole on their way to climb K2).

Askole lies in the foothills of the Karakoram Mountains, many hours by jeep from the nearest town, Skardu. Despite being the gateway to the Baltoro glacier and the popular trail to Concordia and K2, the village itself is very poor and, due to its remote location, fairly neglected by the authorities.

The village school has 270 students, 170 boys and 100 girls divided into 8 classes forced to share 5 classrooms. There are currently 8 teachers; 3 are paid for by the government, 2 are paid for by the community and 3 are volunteers. The Juniper Trust now pays the full-time salary of one of the volunteer teachers, Jahan, who is featured in Greg Mortenson’s book; Three Cups of Tea.

The money will be sent directly to the school, with help from The Juniper Trust:

The Juniper Trust was founded in 1994 by a group of volunteers, inspired by writer and teacher Angela Locke following her first visit to Nepal. Since those early beginnings, JT has grown and supported many worthwhile projects across the world, but its basic vision remains the same as it was at the start: to work in a low-impact, sustainable way to support the poorest communities, particularly children, listening to community needs in the developing world.