Meet the teen climbing Mount Everest in her house to raise money for her dad’s brain tumour treatment

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While you’re busy sunbathing, Issy’s climbing Mount Everest…at home (Picture: Just Giving / Issy Maclay )

Lockdown has been alive with the sound of home challenges.

You’ve got Colonel Tom Moore walking all those laps in his garden. We had Rob Ferguson climbing up and down the height of Mount Everest at home. And now we’ve got a 13-year-old climbing the same mountain (or the height of it, at least) for the second time to raise money for her dad’s brain tumour treatment – on her home staircase.

Issy Maclay has already climbed the 8,848 metres once and she’s going again in a bid to raise the £8,848 needed to buy a cortical stimulator.

Her dad is currently receiving treatment for a brain tumour at Southampton Hospital and this is Issy’s way of thanking all the doctors, surgeons and nurses who have helped and cared for him.

Issy is climbing the height of Mount Everest from home (Picture: Just Giving / Issy Maclay)

Climbing over 100 steps a day, she’s already reached the summit once (Picture: Just Giving / Issy Maclay)

‘When lockdown down happened I found that I had a lot of time on my hands and as my brother was doing something for the Brain Tumour Charity, I wanted to do something as well to show my appreciation,’ Issy explains.

‘Every day, I climb up the stairs 109 times and I bike and walk up hills. I will carry on doing this for a month or so. I’ve finished once and am going again!’

The first time took 21 days while being home-schooled.

She’s now climbing it again to raise more money for her dad’s brain tumour treatment (Picture: Just Giving / Issy Maclay)

Just imagine wearing all of that on a day like today…(Picture: Just Giving / Issy Maclay)

To keep her distracted from the pain of climbing so many stairs, Issy’s dad reads her a book out loud. As of yesterday, Issy had climbed 4,383 metres – meaning that she’s almost at base camp.

Issy’s inspiring challenge has led to lots of support from big names in the adventure world, including Bear Grills who tweeted her a video message of encouragement and polar explorer Ben Saunders.

Sending a massive virtual high-five to 13-year-old Issy Maclay who – not content with climbing the 8,848m height of Everest around her home to raise money for a brilliant cause – is now aiming to crack 17,000 vertical metres 🙌https://t.co/zWuEVrMeZC

— Ben Saunders (@polarben) May 27, 2020

https://t.co/CflINCeqdX Issy Maclay what a hero and what a wonderful family – praying for you James and for all of you, strength and courage. You’re amazing…. #NeverGiveUp

— Bear Grylls (@BearGrylls) May 24, 2020

Food for thought while you loll around in the sun, watch TV or relax with an ice cold beer.

You can donate to Issy’s brain tumour fund through JustGiving.

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