Ordsall's self-depreciating James McLaughlin reckons he's one of the least able people to try a mad climb up one of the fiercest mountain ranges in the world, laughingly referring to himself as `Owen Hargreaves more injury prone brother'...
"Anyone who knows me knows how breakable I am" he says "I'd injure myself in the shower and break bones while bowling."
However, James is currently in training to tackle the 3,726 metre high Mount Rinjani in Indonesia this summer, hoping to conquer it and raise money for the Stroke Association.
"It will involve four days of hiking, essentially a Scafell Pike a day, camping on a mountain-side above the cloud level, and a summit height of 3,726m - three times the size of Mount Snowdon" he explains "Did I mention it's also home to not one but two active volcanoes?
"For the past few months I've been in training with my better half going up and down peaks in our spare time in England and Wales in the hope that my injury-prone crock of a body will make it back in one piece. Why put myself through this?" James asks
"Well, aside from a monumental sense of achievement for the guy my loving friends sometimes refer to as Owen Hargreaves and Michael Owen's more injury-prone lovechild, I want to raise some money for a charity close to my heart; The Stroke Association" he explains "My grandmas lives were shattered in various ways by this horrible disease which strikes more than once every five minutes in the UK alone. They were strong and resilient women who faced and overcame many personal battles throughout their lives and I want to show even a fraction of their strength to beat this colossal peak."
To support James see his Just Giving Page – click here
And to follow his blog with images of his training and the climb itself see
https://jsmclaughlin1.wordpress.com/
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