Ricky Munday certainly likes setting himself some stiff challenges in aid of good causes.

You'd think after taking on the The Sahara Marathon - "the toughest footrace on earth" - he'd be wanting to put his feet up for a few years. Apparently not, and this time Ricky literally has a mountain - or three - to climb. We'll let Ricky explain:

I've organised a 2-man expedition to climb a mountain in Krygyzstan called Khan Tengri (6,995m/ 22,949ft). The expedition will last 3 weeks in August/September and it seemed like a good excuse to raise funds for Maggie's Cancer Centres on the back of my climb. It's a serious climb (not a trek- up to Grade IV for the climbers amongst you!) and in order to save costs we're not going on a commercial expedition, but travelling independently to Krygyzstan. At 6,995m it's a big mountain and I hope to use it as a stepping stone to climb an 8,000m peak next year followed by Mount Everest in 2008.

I have set up a fundraising website at http://www.justgiving.com/rickymunday where people can sponsor me securely online. All money raised through this site will go directly to Maggie's.

I would be very grateful if you would consider sponsoring me either directly through the website or by getting in touch by phone or email. In addition, if you have any contacts who you think may be interested in corporate sponsorship please send me their contact details. Everyone will have been touched in some way by cancer and 1 in 3 of us are likely to be directly affected in our lifetime, so please dig deep and donate to this fantastic cause.

Any support would be greatly appreciated by me and more importantly by Maggie's.

Ricky

This article was posted on 10-Jul-2006, 19:11 by Hugh Barrow.