PINK COFFIN IS A FUNDRAISING EVENT IN MEMORY OF CHRIS HALL TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE ASSOCIATION. THE NAME COMES FROM THE PINK COFFIN CHRIS CHOSE TO BE CREMATED IN AND REFLECTS HIS HUMOUR AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE TO LIFE.
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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
WE MADE IT !!!!
08/04/07 - "THE PINK COFFIN TREKKERS ARE ON THEIR WAY HOME!!!
We all made it to Base Camp Mount Everest on Easter Sunday!!!
It has been incredible, exhausting, emotional, stunning, gruelling, fantastic, amazing, smelly, challenging, and unforgettable!!! On our way down now and a full report will be filed on our return to the UK next week.
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29/03/07 - A few last words:
Good bye! - We are off - we fly tomorrow at 10pm from Heathrow to Kathmandu! Then set off on our walk on Sunday. We will reach base camp on Easter Day and be thinking of you all!
Hello! - You can't get rid of us that easily with technology today! Check out this site as we will try and send a few pics of us on route via our web sponsor Idaho.
Thanks! - We went over £18,000 today on the Pink Coffin Fund and aim to reach our final target of £20k after we return. This will boost Chris's original page he set up to well over £30,000 - incredible!!!
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"I am only sorry that there was not more we could have done to help his condition. Chris was a wonderful and remarkable person and I will certainly never forget him."
Professor Pamela J Shaw, MD FRCP, Consultant Neurologist,
Royal Halamshire Hospital
In 2005, Chris Hall was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND), within one year he was dead.
Chris's motto - to adapt, improvise and overcome - was the way he faced his illness and his determination to raise awareness and funds for research into Motor Neurone Disease was an inspiration to all who knew him.
In memory of Chris and to continue his fight against MND, Liz, his wife, and a group of friends are heading off in April 2007 to face the challenging trek to Everest Base Camp, raising funds for the MND Association.
However sad Chris's death is, it has become a spin-off of for many positive actions and fundraising activity. Family, friends and members of Yorkshire Divers have organised art auctions and music events and undertaken sponsored runs and sponsored slims.
Currently over £25k has been raised and after the Pink Coffin Mount Everest Challenge this amount should be closer to £35k. A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS HELPED RAISE FUNDS!