This will be a challenge.

Yay!! So today was my last climb for the Mount Everest Challenge x 2 for me, not bad for an amputee eh. I did 76 climbs in 46 days and only had 7 days off throughout the 46 days to rest. Wow!!...... that even blows me away when I see it written down on paper. I have really enjoyed the challenge but some days were more of a struggle than others that’s for sure, and I have decided it doesn’t matter how many times you go up the Mount it just doesn’t seem to get any easier, why is that I wonder?

My last 6 climbs have been uneventful until I got a blister on the end of my limb just before my final 3 climbs – Bugger !! Because I have become so active doing so many climbs my limb has changed shape so my prosthetic doesn’t fit quite as well now and this is probably why I ended up with a huge blister on the end of my limb. My very last climb for the challenge was today, and I did the steep track up from the base track…. I believe some call this the goat track, which actually wasn’t that bad at all but looks like it could be very slippery after rain, I then went on up the 4x4 track then up though the rock track and back down the stairs. Blister and all - had to refit my prosthetic 3 x times! Thank goodness this was my last climb; I have been so worried right through this whole challenge that my skin may not hold up to it. I’m so glad to say I’ve done it, I have knocked the bugger off, not once but twice!!

Over the last 7 weeks I have noticed how much stronger I feel going up and down the stairs, and my balance has improved so much which has improved my walking on my prosthetic, which is great but I still have to remove my prosthetic once I’ve completed my walk for the rest of the day to rest my limb as it gets quite sore.

What is frustrating is I’ve done all this work AND I haven’t LOST any WEIGHT!!.

Thank-you once again to all my wonderful family, friends and supporter’s – to those who have generously donated to this awesome cause your contributions have made a difference. Your support means the Good Neighbour Charity can continue to touch the lives of those that have hit a bump in the road and it also can make a difference in people’s lives where significant change is taking place. Also I can’t thank enough those of you that have supported me by driving me to and from the mount (Freedom Drivers and Steve)