HelenLast year in April I lost my Dad to cancer and my whole world fell apart as I always thought he would live until very old…
I wasn’t the same person anymore, grief and depression took over me for months.
I spoke to Helen at Desperately Seeking Adventure saying that I needed something in my life to keep me going, maybe a hobby as I couldn’t find closure.
She suggested I should start walking and that I would definitely like it and it would help to clear my mind…I wasn’t so sure but was willing to give anything a go.
So I thought as I had never climbed in my whole life it would be a great idea for me to find closure and also a hobby to keep me busy…So I decided to climb the highestmountain in North Africa in my Dad’s memory to raise money for Cancer research.
I have started training for the climb with Helen, and I absolutely loved the first days of training despite the really cold wind and snow up to my knees! It was really challenging as I have never climbed a mountain before but I felt so great and so free up in the mountains that I knew straight away this would be the way to finally find closure.
I can’t express in words the feeling and satisfaction that the training is giving me but I can say that it feels amazing and I always look forward to the next training day so much!!
The challenge of each different mountain and trek to climb is an exciting feeling and the sense of adventure just keeps growing day by day.
I can now finally say that I feel so much happier just like I used to be before Dad passed away and look forward to the future every day, hopefully I will raise as much money as I can for Cancer research with the climb next October and I have finally found a hobby which will definitely be for life.
I highly recommend everyone to give it a try because you might just love it… just like I do!!!
