Please support my 29029 Everesting challenge

My name is Chris Taylor, 44, from the UK. This year I am taking part in 29029 Everesting at Snowbasin, Utah. From August 11 I will have 36 hours to climb 29029 feet - the equivalent height of Mt. Everest. Hike up the mountain, take the gondola down, and then repeat!

I signed up to do the challenge after a difficult 2022. Still acclimatising after our family returned from America; stressed, down and struggling to cope, I needed a focus to find myself and my purpose again. I read about the concept of misogi and an adaptation of it which tells you to 'do something so hard 1 day a year that it profoundly impacts the other 364'. As I looked for my misogi, I came across 29029 and signed up. Since January I have been training 6 days a week and my mindset has changed dramatically. I'm not an athlete and certainly not an endurance athlete, but this August I will have to be. Going on this journey is already changing me for the better. I know the event will break me but hopefully it will make me as well.

Just as I started my training, my great friend Yianni suffered a horrific mountain biking accident. A spinal cord injury has left him tetraplegic. As soon as this happened I knew I had a second 'why' for this event. All of the funds I can generate will go to Yianni's Spinal Cord Injury recovery fund. Yianni's fund will only be used specifically for equipment and services that increase his level of independence as he leaves hospital this summer. Legally any excess funds raised that are not used for this express purpose will be donated to a Spinal Cord Injury charity, so you can be confident if you donate your money will be going to a worthy cause.

I hugely appreciate anything you can afford to donate to my climb and this cause. Your support will help me up the mountain and more importantly will help Yianni too. Of course if you donate directly to Yianni's fund there is no pressure to donate to this challenge as well - the funds are going to the same place - but please know every pound will help make a viable difference to an exceptional cause.

Using the theme of 29029 my fundraising goals are:

More info on 29029: https://29029everesting.com

More info on Aspire, the Spinal Cord charity which manages Yianni's fund: https://www.aspire.org.uk