Bexhill Students Complete Big Climb

Info Updated March 2012

Friday the 2nd of December saw the students and staff of Bexhill College carry out one of their most inspiring challenges yet. The Big Climb was organised by the teacher of Outdoor Adventure, James Boardman, and involved all students taking the course at Bexhill College. The challenge consisted of a vertical climb on the indoor climbing wall and was the equivalent distance of a half marathon or 2 and a half of Mount Everest. The 2600 climbs began at 8am and lasted a gruelling 11 hours.

The purpose of the climb was to raise funds for The Oliver Curd Trust, a local charity providing fully equipped holiday accommodation to families supporting children and young people in the UK, suffering from childhood cancer and other life threatening illnesses. The Trust was set up by Oliver’s parents in memory of their son who sadly lost his own brave fight aged nine in 2007.

Bexhill Town Mayor Cllr Stuart Wood paid the students a surprise visit to show his support which gave them a real boost to complete the challenge.

It was clear half way through The Big Climb that this was going to be no easy feat with all climbers suffering from red raw blistered hands and aching limbs, this was not, however, going to deter them from their goal. The support all participants gave to one another was truly inspiring and when the final climb of the wall was in sight the atmosphere was sensational.

All involved felt an incredible sense of achievement and took time to reflect on the purpose of this mammoth challenge.

The College would like to thank Bexhill’s Subway who donated a full spread lunch to the climbers and a further thanks to Carrolls green grocers for donating a large hamper of fresh fruit to keep the climbers energised throughout the climb.
A huge congratulations goes out to James Boardman, Henry Atherton, Lewis Daden, Rachael Dangerfield, Jordan Green, Seb Hope, Bradley Owens, Gregory Pont, Jack Ripley, Joe Gannon, Adrian Atkinson, Sam Playford, Simon Mann and Harry Worthington for completing this truly incredible challenge.

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