MS Dream Team are on their way!


The team arrived in one piece at Fort William (the home of the tallest peak in Scotland: Ben Nevis) just shy of midnight yesterday. This morning we’ve packed and re-packed our bags, tried out our UK MS Society t-shirts (some of us need to lose weight...), and are deligently checking the weather hour to hour for a wee glimpse of the sun. Scotland even at her worst is simply breathtaking.

Driving up last night, we witnessed rows of white vans passing us in the opposite direction at 11pm and immediately knew that the first few teams have managed to scale Ben Nevis in 5 hours. Those of you’ve who have been up Ben Nevis will already know that a tourist is quoted 7 hours by the locals. Fingers crossed that we achieve a quick time today. From Ben Nevis, we will drive to the Lakes to scale Scafell Pike in the dark and then onto Wales to climb Snowdon. Our goal is to achieve all of this in 24 hours.

When I started the team, the participants were hand picked for their dedication to Multiple Sclerosis work and the rare disorders, and it goes without saying that they also have superb fitness levels. Everything you’ll see on our Just Giving page and Twitter (@neurognanapavan) gives a good indication of our efforts to organise this challenge. The first training events began 4 months ago, and all the logistics of the challenge have been self-organised (we decided as a team that we will not use one of the commercial companies for this). There have been ups and down and owing to medical issues and scope of the endeavour we currently stand at 4 members (outlined below).



Our families and friends have listened to us at ad nauseam about this day, some of it with reservations but ultimately they understand that what makes us persistent in our obstinacy at work, is also driving this. So hear’s to the #MSDreamTeam a partnership made in common goals and a start of a good friendship.

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