A FORMER University of Worcester student has signed off from his fundraising career by raising more than £3,000 for Acorns Children’s Hospice.
Tony Frobisher, 55, climbed Scarfell Pike and then cycled 200 miles across the Lake District into Wales and climbed Mount Snowdon.
Tony thanked the University of Worcester’s School of Sport and Exercise Science team, after they helped him improve his training and nutrition ahead of his challenge.
He said: “The staff and students did so much to help me get my almost 56-year-old body in the best possible condition to complete this last big physical fundraising challenge.
“Scafell Pike was more than 25,000 steep, rocky steps, and then after almost zero sleep at the campsite I set off on Saturday and rode 120 miles across the Lake District.
“Sunday was a very gruelling 80-mile cycle in a strong headwind, and then after a very cold night in the tent, my friend Simon and I began climbing Snowdon at 6.45am.
“In total I cycled for 17 hours, and the step count for Snowdon was 31,000.”
Tony’s friend Simon Deakin-Woods climbed both mountains with him, and supported him on his cycling journeys in the car.
Tony began fundraising in 2007, after his triplet daughters were born prematurely and his daughter Jewel had passed away at 17 days old.
Mila had severe cerebral palsy and often received respite care at Acorns Children’s Hospice, in 2016 she became ill and passed away at age 10.
Tony’s other triplet daughter, Louisa, is now 18 – she is blind in one eye and autistic – she has raised more than £3,000 for Acorns by running around Worcester’s Pitchcroft Racecourse and climbing the Malvern Hills.
