A Paragon Mortgages team of eight regional sales managers (RSM) is taking on the 12-hour Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge this March in aid of Prostate Cancer UK.
Andy Rudkin, Brian Watkins, Ian Hall, Jason Wilde, Joe Bastone, Richard Saunders, Rob Eggleston, and Rob Stanton are attempting to scale the peaks of Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough in under 12 hours, starting on 18 March 2017.
It amounts to a total walk of 24 miles and a vertical climb of more than 5,000 feet.
In just over a month, the team has raised £4,305 of its £5,000 target for Prostate Cancer UK, a cause that is close to the hearts of the RSM team members.
Watkins said: “Prostate cancer is the most common form of male cancer. In the UK, over 47,000 men are diagnosed each year – 130 per day. That is close to a staggering half a million men in the UK alone over a 10-year cycle.
“One in eight will get prostate cancer in their lifetime and it has already affected one member of Paragon Mortgages’ RSM team, with another’s father and uncle similarly affected.”
The team has set up a JustGiving donations page and is hugely grateful for support received from industry colleagues.
