Brighton dance teacher takes on Everest to help war zone women (From The Argus)

"The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this, 'What is the use of climbing Mount Everest?' and my answer must at once be, 'It is no use'. There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever. Oh, we may learn a little about the behavior of the human body at high altitudes, and possibly medical men may turn our observation to some account for the purposes of aviation. But otherwise nothing will come of it. We shall not bring back a single bit of gold or silver, not a gem, nor any coal or iron. We shall not find a single foot of earth that can be planted with crops to raise food. It's no use.
George Leigh Mallory Who fell to his death in 1924, just one of over 200 people who have died and ended up littering Mount Everest to this day

I just don't get this woman. Whilst it is commendable that she has a passion, why not just raise the money through other means that will not cost thousands to do?

Reading the above, I do not know if it is £10000 between 12 women or individually. If it is between, then £833 each will not even cover the flight.

I flatly refuse to give to charity where the person will actually enjoy what they do. I would love to be able to afford a holiday to the Himalayas and climb big mountains. I am sure it is very, very expensive and thoroughly enjoyable.

How about this dear Argus reader?

I want to raise £10000 to build a community center for one-armed, lesbian, single-mother muslims in the Armenian Rainforest.

To stir some interest I am going on a really expensive cruise to the Bahamas. It is only a shame Concorde has collapsed because I was going to fly it home. Instead, I shall make do with Virgin Upper Class. The holiday will only cost £8000, leaving 2K for the above cause.

Please sponsor me.

Thank you

Nathan Adler.

Nathan is correct, they 'hope' to raise £10000 between them. This is a jolly masquerading as fundraising. The 'charidee' part is just an addition.

I am up for that one armed lesbian centre in the Rainforest...... any photos Nathan?

Totally agree, if someone's doing a cycle tour round Cuba or something, they won't get any cash from me. They don't seem happy when you offer to donate directly to the charity, but I have no idea why.....

Why don't they just go and work for the charity?

This modern form of charity fundraising where people go on fancy trips to raise money for charity is like these silly gap year events where posh kids raise £5,000 to go to Africa to help the poor dig wells or set up community kitchens, when in fact it would be better to donate the money and keep your sticky Western beaks out.
How about we sponsor these ladies to stay at home and bake for old folk and we will donate to a charity of their choice.

Anyone else seen the typo under the pic? I'm sure the female victims of war will be delighted for these women to share the dance as they lie in hospital with their legs blown off. Action Image Exchange Community Dance Group For The Permanently Outraged.

For pity's sake Argus! This story is complete and utter rubbish!! You have your facts totally wrong. Now I am all for people trying to raise cash for a worthwhile cause, but this woman IS NOT climbing Everest. She is walking to Everest base camp. A trek that countless tourists undertake every year. The route is known as the 'toilet trail' because of the amount of **** left behind by trendy tourists that have probably never worn a pair of walking boots before in their lives, let alone set foot on a mountain anywhere. It's a holiday. 'Scaling the dizzying heights...' Purrrleeease... do me a favour! Still I suppose it will be daunting for the poor love if the most walking she has done up to now is to the shops to buy her tutu....

I must admit I agree with the general sentiment of these comments regarding the modern phenomena of adventure holidays for a lucky few masquerading as charity events. I'm sure that charity itself is a fantastic cause 100% worthy of our support - so what's wrong with a sponsored walk across the Downs? If we accept the cause is a good one no one's going to say "Wow, going up Everest eh? Yes I'll give you more for that!"

We give to the charity, the event is irrelevant. Well, except for the person doing it as I'd much rather go to the Himalayas as opposed to walking on the boring old Downs.

Fantastic news! A post-monsoon ascent of Everest by an all-female team with apparently no mountaineering experience will be a first.

Of course the fact that the permit to climb the hill costs (per person) 5 or 6 times more than she hopes to raise is irrelevant, this will be a real achievement and a candidate for the Piolet D'Or Mountaineering and Alpinism awards.

Once the team of Sherpas have fixed ropes to the summit at huge personal risk (don't worry too much - they love that stuff), all that's left is to haul oneself on a jumar for 3 vertical miles through Autumn temperatures of -35C.

With windpeeds equivalent of a category 5 hurricane (around 150mph) which bring the air down to around -95C, they'll be wanting to pack a scarf.

This really is a significant moment in mountaineering history and the expedition members may like to put themselves in touch with the Alpine Club of Great Britain who offer memberships for significant first ascents and high acheivers in the mountaineering world.

Thirty years ago this past week Joe Tasker and Chris Boardman vanished on Everest attempting an autumn ascent, although by a difficult new route, and there is sponsorship available here for such ground-breaking expeditions in their memory.

I wish them well. Hopefully they'll get down and everyone will stand up and take notice, realise the futility of war and we'll all live in peace and harmony forever.

Oh wait.... Is it that the The Argus have erred (just for a change) and what's happening here is the group are taking the short walk from Lukla to Everest Base Camp rather than "scaling the dizzy heights of Mount Everest for charity" and what we have here is yet another piece of inept, p*ss-poorly researched "journalism."

In short, embarrassing.

I've tweeted the article though amongst my mountaineering friends just for the humour value. So thanks.

Climber70 wrote:
Fantastic news! A post-monsoon ascent of Everest by an all-female team with apparently no mountaineering experience will be a first.

Of course the fact that the permit to climb the hill costs (per person) 5 or 6 times more than she hopes to raise is irrelevant, this will be a real achievement and a candidate for the Piolet D'Or Mountaineering and Alpinism awards.

Once the team of Sherpas have fixed ropes to the summit at huge personal risk (don't worry too much - they love that stuff), all that's left is to haul oneself on a jumar for 3 vertical miles through Autumn temperatures of -35C.

With windpeeds equivalent of a category 5 hurricane (around 150mph) which bring the air down to around -95C, they'll be wanting to pack a scarf.

This really is a significant moment in mountaineering history and the expedition members may like to put themselves in touch with the Alpine Club of Great Britain who offer memberships for significant first ascents and high acheivers in the mountaineering world.

Thirty years ago this past week Joe Tasker and Chris Boardman vanished on Everest attempting an autumn ascent, although by a difficult new route, and there is sponsorship available here for such ground-breaking expeditions in their memory.

I wish them well. Hopefully they'll get down and everyone will stand up and take notice, realise the futility of war and we'll all live in peace and harmony forever.

Oh wait.... Is it that the The Argus have erred (just for a change) and what's happening here is the group are taking the short walk from Lukla to Everest Base Camp rather than "scaling the dizzy heights of Mount Everest for charity" and what we have here is yet another piece of inept, p*ss-poorly researched "journalism."

In short, embarrassing.

I've tweeted the article though amongst my mountaineering friends just for the humour value. So thanks.

"Peter Boardman" not Chris,....

Climber70 wrote:
Fantastic news! A post-monsoon ascent of Everest by an all-female team with apparently no mountaineering experience will be a first.

Of course the fact that the permit to climb the hill costs (per person) 5 or 6 times more than she hopes to raise is irrelevant, this will be a real achievement and a candidate for the Piolet D'Or Mountaineering and Alpinism awards.

Once the team of Sherpas have fixed ropes to the summit at huge personal risk (don't worry too much - they love that stuff), all that's left is to haul oneself on a jumar for 3 vertical miles through Autumn temperatures of -35C.

With windpeeds equivalent of a category 5 hurricane (around 150mph) which bring the air down to around -95C, they'll be wanting to pack a scarf.

This really is a significant moment in mountaineering history and the expedition members may like to put themselves in touch with the Alpine Club of Great Britain who offer memberships for significant first ascents and high acheivers in the mountaineering world.

Thirty years ago this past week Joe Tasker and Chris Boardman vanished on Everest attempting an autumn ascent, although by a difficult new route, and there is sponsorship available here for such ground-breaking expeditions in their memory.

I wish them well. Hopefully they'll get down and everyone will stand up and take notice, realise the futility of war and we'll all live in peace and harmony forever.

Oh wait.... Is it that the The Argus have erred (just for a change) and what's happening here is the group are taking the short walk from Lukla to Everest Base Camp rather than "scaling the dizzy heights of Mount Everest for charity" and what we have here is yet another piece of inept, p*ss-poorly researched "journalism."

In short, embarrassing.

I've tweeted the article though amongst my mountaineering friends just for the humour value. So thanks.

Excellent piece, but I have to say, I am not surprised that Chris Boardman did not make it down if he was on a Bicycle. Bloody cyclists have no regard for rules and the safety of others.

This is indeed a trek to Base Camp, but why the cynicism folks? Anything done to raise awareness of the plight of 'wart zone women' should be applauded. I'd be keen to know if sufferers of verrucas will be included? I had one once; it was terrible. The verruca, that is.