Charity Climb In Aid Of Kanturk Hospital & The Irish Cancer Society

On Sunday April 30th the 3rd Charity Climb is on up Carrantoohill

in Aid Of Kanturk Hospital & The Irish Cancer Society.

The first climb up Carrantoohill raised €2950 in aid of Pieta Hospital & The Twomey Memorial with 60 climbers and we had a good day out.

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Charity Climb 1 Up Carrantoohill

The second climb was up Mount Brandon in Aid Of Kanturk Hospital & Marymount Hospice and raised €6500. This climb went over 2 Sundays , on the first Sunday we had to get off the Mountain for safety & the fact we were soaked through & through. The second Sunday was an absolute brillant day where experienced climbers never saw the Brandon top clear & sunny but they saw it that day.

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Charity Climb Up Brandon

Charity Climb Up Brandon Part 2

So hopefully our third climb

Support a Charity Mountain Climb Up Kilimanjaro by Caroline O'Riordans In Aid Of Irish Cancer Research

Support Caroline O'Riordan on her Charity Mountain Climb Up Kilimanjaro for Irish Cancer Research

My name is Caroline O Riordan, I am from Mallow, Co. Cork. On the 17th of October 2016, I am taking on the challenge of climbing Kilimanjaro in Africa in aid of Irish Cancer Research. I am fundraising for cancer as my mother was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in July 2016. My young cousin spent 4yrs battling a tumour. I have lost friends and other members of my family because of cancer. I wanted to fundraise to help find ways to cure this dreadful disease.

You can support Caroline by donating through the Kanturk Hillwalkers & Mountain Climbers Facebook Page by clicking on the link below

Facebook Link For Donations

I hurt my back in a car accident and had back surgery in 2013 and I broke my left ankle twice.  I was told I was not to exercise for longer than 20 mins a day, which played havoc with my mental health as I was always a sporty person. In 2015, I had a turning point, in which I met a personal trainer who told me "no one can tell you what you can and cannot do, that's in the power of your own mind." Since that meeting, I turned everything around and I am back in the gym twice a week, I run plenty of races and I have signed up with Kanturk Hillwalkers this year and through this club I have climbed Carrauntoill twice, Mangerton, The Paps, Tomies & Purple Mountain, Gougane Barra and MacGillycuddy Reeks.

I have trained as a Life Coach and N.L.P Practitioner and I now teach people the power of their own minds and that they can achieve anything they put their minds too.

Cheque Presentation to Kanturk Hospital & Marymount Hospice

On Friday Oct 30^th Kanturk Hillwalkers & Mountain Climbers represented by Padraig Breen, Ger Morrissey and Christy Mullane presented Cheques to Kanturk Hospital represented on the night by Sheila Clernon and Marymount Hospice represented by Claire McCarthy.

Cheque presentstion to Sheila Clernon from Kanturk Hospital

Cheque presentation to Claire McCarthy from Marymount Hospice

Other Climbers that attended were Jimmy Moore, Paola O'Connell, Niall Breen, Conan Crowley, Jer Linehan, Anna Ozimkowska, Dan Murphy and Roseann Heffernan.

Both Cheques with other climbers that attended the presentation

A total of  €6500 was raised from the Climb which was evenly divided to both Kanturk Hospital and Marymount Hospice which are both worthy and well deserving causes and well worth us making a big effort to raise some money doing something we like doing especially as most times most of us are doing it in small groups where we really get the ' Buzz ' of doing it in a big group especially at that time of the year when the Winter is starting to close in on us, it is just a good way to finish off the year.

Overall the whole event went off without any major glitches and hopefully we will be back again next year to raise some more money.