Everest Challenge
Everest Challenge

David Kirsfelds

Nov 23, 2024 - Nov 30, 2025

Everest Challenge

On the 26th September 1975 Mynydd Climbing Club member, Pete Boardman, successfully summited Everest by the South West Face with Nepalese climbing partner Pertemba Sherpa. Led by Sir Chris Bonnington, this was the first expedition to put British climbers on the summit of the mountain and was documented by the BBC in the film 'Everest The Hard Way'.

To celebrate 50 years since this great achievement, and the club's own 70th own anniversary, members will be setting their very own 'Everest Challenges' throughout the year. Money fundraised from these challenges will be split 50/50 between making improvements on the Mynydd Climbing Club's mountain hut and supporting the fantastic work of Community Action Nepal.

Blaen-y-Nant is located in the tranquil Crafnant Valley in North Wales and has been leased by the Mynydd Climbing Club for over 60 years. The facility is available to club members as well as BMC affiliated clubs and individuals. The mountain hut is part of a network of similar facilities across the UK that provide access into the outdoors for climbers, mountaineers, walkers and many more. This fundraiser will help pay for two new external doors that Blaen-y-Nant is in desperate need of, alongside a range of other renovations.

Community Action Nepal was founded by Doug Scott, one of the members of the 1975 South West Face expedition team members. They provide education, health and livelihood programmes to help remote mountain communities to improve their quality of life, and increase their resilience in the face of natural disasters, volatile weather conditions and global health emergencies. The Mynydd Climbing Club is keen to support this charity that has close links to our club history.

Supporting

Community Action Nepal
Community Action Nepal

International | 1067772

50%

Community Action Nepal is a UK charity that works with some of the most remote communities in the Nepalese Himalaya, delivering life-changing education, healthcare, agriculture and livelihood programmes.​ We work in partnership with local mountain communities to help them raise their standards of living whilst strengthening and protecting indigenous cultures and traditions.

Mynydd Climbing Club
Mynydd Climbing Club

Sport | MCC

50%

We are a friendly and active club of nearly 200 members. Whilst most of us are based in South Manchester, the Northern Peak District and East Cheshire, others regularly get involved from Sheffield, Leeds, North Wales, Cornwall and even Orkney!

Fundraisers 3

Supporters

3

Donated to this page

£ 220.00

48%

£485.00

+ £120.00 Gift Aid

£1,000 target | 3 fundraisers

Charities Supporting

Community Action Nepal
50%
Mynydd Climbing Club
50%