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Having completed the three national peaks individually last year. This year we decided to ramp up the anti and attempt the three Yorkshire peaks in one go! Totaling a grueling 24 mile hike consisting of rocky terrain and precarious amounts of snow near the top of these peaks.
All for a good cause though... We will be raising money to support jaskomal foundation.
Jaskomal Sher-gill was a bright, beautiful young woman in her final year of a Mathematics degree at University College London. Born in Hitchin, she, her parents, brother and sister moved to Clifton, near Luton, when she was a toddler and she lived there with her family for the rest of her life.
When she was 21 she was diagnosed with lymphoma she underwent chemotherapy and her family found out that she needed a bone marrow transplant to survive the illness.
Jaskomal died in January 2013, aged 23. Although her brother Joban was a match for her and a bone marrow transplant took place, it was too late to save her life.
Her family and friends became aware during her illness of the acute shortage of Asian and other ethnic minority bone marrow donors on the National Register. Only four per cent of the donors on the register are British Asian and only six per cent come from any British ethnic minority, which means that a blood cancer diagnosis if you are not white, is much more critical.
Determined to honour her memory and ‘Give Hope a Future’ the Jaskomal Foundation was established in March 2013, on Jaskomal’s birthday, to increase awareness of the need for ethnic minority bone marrow donors and to hold donor registration events for the Asian community.
Every penny counts so would be appreciate any coins or notes for our chosen charity.
Oh yes.... we will also be trying to attempt the 3 peaks within 12 hours! Time for us to get our hiking boots on!
Thank you.
Gagan & Kyranjeet
