All the details are in this thread, and a proper tribute thread will follow but I am not the person to write it.
I wasn’t going to post this thread until I’d spoken to hungrymonkey but it’s half three in the morning and the full weight of what has gone on has just hit me and it appears my way of grieving is to try and “do” stuff.
A number of members of this forum have lost a few people very dear to them this weekend and I think we’ve decided some good has to come out of this. As it happens four of us are entered as two pairs for the Puffer this weekend and would absolutely love to smash the bollocks of it for Glencoe Mountain Rescue. I only know Chris of the victims but he certainly would have done the same thing.
Chris’s friends have been outstanding and this has already torn through facebook. We’ve already raised nearly £850 in 6 hours. The generosity of everyone has been staggering.
If you can spare anything at all, please donate to the cause here-
I’ve tried. Lying in bed means I don’t have anything to distract me and so all I do is think about it and can’t get to sleep. At the moment I’m happiest cracking on with stuff. Snow’s stopped me getting to work so might well nod off this afternoon.
big thread on facebook where the link has been put up…that should help.very tragic,i didnt know the folk involved but these thing always bring it home how fragile life can be..i was only on a wilderness course a week ago and theyre was a large segment on mrt/chopper calling.its an omnipresent situation where they may have to be called if your in the hills.ive never done it but witnessed it a few times and the guys who do it are truely heroic…
at this rate it could bust £6k…thats epic..its been doing the rounds on faceache which should help..spoke to a few guys who knew him and they were all a bit shocked/numb.its very tragic
I dunno if goldfish is on this forum or not but she has been the subject of Adventure Show coverage before teamed up with Jojo. She’s doing support for me and Luke and any other waif and stray that needs it as that’s what she’s like! She going to mention it to the Adventure Show crew so hopefully we can get a bit more publicity and bust the 10k. That would be awesome. People’s generosity is amazing. I have spent a lot of today with a big lump in my throat.
Donated. Really tragic. Lost two best mates within a year of each other about 10 years ago. Pain has mostly gone now. Replaced by many, many happy memories, in which they’re forever young, the sun’s always shining and the wind ruffles their hair.. 🙂