Himalayan adventure for Simon Andrews Fund

In March this year Paul Owen travelled to the Himalayas to get a tick on the bucket list and at the same time raise awareness and some financial support for a biking charity.

Here is his experience:

The charity I am raising money for is the Simon Andrews Fund. I am a huge fan of the IOMTT races and have huge respect for anyone who swings a leg over a motorbike to race around the legendary TT mountain circuit.

Unfortunately, as we know, some riders have accidents and can require many months post-accident medical care.

Simon Andrews was a talented rider who was sadly killed whilst racing in the NW200; in his memory his family set up the fund to raise money to help injured riders from the Road Racing community.

Like I said an obscure charity but you as a fellow biker reading this article you can see how the fund can help massively with the healing and recovery process of these amazing riders.

In these financially challenging times please try and make a small donation. Already I have raised nearly £1600, would be nice to hit £2000 or even more.

When setting out my plans for the Himalayas I decided to try and raise money for the Simon Andrews Fund. From my point of view, I achieved my goal in summiting a mountain in the Himalayas above 6000m and without doubt it was the most difficult and challenging task I have ever set myself. If, through my efforts, I can raise awareness and raise some money for these injured TT riders it will make the reaching of the summit even more rewarding.

For information I am a 62-year-old old life-long biker, I have absolutely zero climbing experience and this entailed climbing over 20,000ft without oxygen, using crampons and high altitude ice climbing on the glacier. To say it was tough would be