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Aidan Ennis is climbing mountains in Kerry this week.
THE people of Kerry are being urged to come out in force to support one of Ireland’s best known endurance athletes as he finishes an ambitious challenge he set himself to help a small Irish charity working in Kenya.
56-year-old Aidan Ennis put a plan in place to climb all 275 mountains in Ireland (with a height of 600metres and above) in one continuous hike to raise funds for Brighter Communities Worldwide, who works in partnership with local communities in Kenya.
Already Aidan has completed much of his 48-day challenge, traversing mountain ranges throughout the country in the tough and gruelling charity endeavour, and this coming week (June 15-22) sees him in Kerry where he will climb Kerry’s beautiful but gruelling mountain ranges.
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Not only will he climb all the mountains in the country over 600 metres, but he also plans to run from one mountain range to the next, adding to the gruelling nature of the challenge.
He chose Kerry to finish saying it “is a spectacularly stunning county and I love the wildness of the mountain ranges there, they offer so much variety so it will be a great end to my mountain challenge on Brandon Head in Kerry”.
Aidan took on the challenge to help The BIG Walk’ which will see people complete 10,000 KM, the distance from Ireland to Kenya, from now until October in a bid to highlight the work it does in healthcare, sanitation and economic empowerment.
He says “Brighter Communities Worldwide is a hugely deserving charity, they work incredibly hard and their work over the past two decades has been tangible, all the while improving the lives of the people with whom they work in partnership with in Kenya. They have chosen 10,000km – as the target to reach between now and the end of October and so the kilometres I will run up by climbing every mountain in Ireland, a total of some 2332 KM is going to help quite a lot”.
“I will camp out most nights, with some nights in towns and cities in B&B or guest houses where I will pick up supplies for the next few days of the hike. My wife, Emily and our 11-year-old son Alex will meet up with me with our VW Camper on some weekends also”.
“The people of Kerry are so generous and giving and I am really hoping they get behind me on this challenge, meet me along the route and donate a little to help a lot”.
To support Aidan, click here to go to the iDonate page.
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