UPDATE - Issue 36 - Spring 2009
Gibraltar Everest challenge
Commander Michael Goldthorpe climbed the famous Rock of Gibraltar raising over £3000 for Prostate UK. When logistics prevented him from travelling to Nepal to climb Mount Everest, he used his initiative and decided to climb the equivalent height by ascending the Rock of Gibraltar no less than 21 times! The climbs of the rock took between 1 and 1.5 hours daily for 21 days and were completed during cool November and December. Not surprisingly, Michael’s daring challenge attracted much media interest with Gibraltar local papers and the Gibraltar News Channel covering the story.
Commander Michael Goldthorpe and the Rock of Gibraltar
As well as this, he held a number of popular raffles. Prizes were simple and ranged from a Harrods christmas pudding, greatly sought after in Gibraltar, to a 4.5 litre bottle of whiskey. The bottle was won by a visitor to Gibraltar who realising he could not carry it home gave it back which allowed it to be auctioned! Bottles of wine and port were also donated by Gibraltar based Saccone and Speed.
Of course, he had a little help from his friends - Corporal Dan Bean and Warrant Officer Monty Montana between them covered the majority of the climbs as his witness and Mrs Moira Gomez was particularly helpful in obtaining sponsorship and raffles. Mrs Belshaw also helped greatly with collecting and obtaining sponsorship as well as with the odd Reiki session to boot. Our sincere thanks to you all! We can’t wait to hear what he is planning for next year.