MS Climb
Reaching New Heights to Fight Multiple Sclerosis

Halton news article

They’re going to great heights to raise funds for MS
“Mount Nemo doesn’t bear much resemblance to either Peru or Nepal, but this summer it’s acting as a stand-in for six Halton climbers who are training to face what will likely be the challenge of their lifetimes.…”

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Kelly McNay Newspaper articles

Cochrane Times-Post
“Taking it to new heights.
Cochrane woman climbing to Machu Picchu in Peru for MS.
In October, a dozen Canadians that have each been touched differently by Multiple Sclerosis will forget about the disease and take on a new adventure…”

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Timmins Daily Press
“Uphill challenge for girl with MS”
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New Climbs Announced for MS Climb 2010

Join us as we hike to Everest and along the ancient Spanish pilgrimage route

MS Climb has announced the launch of El Camino (Spain) and Everest Basecamp (Nepal) climbs to the schedule for Oct 2010. The design is to make the program both more accessible and more adventurous.

MS Climb Kilimanjaro Video

Aaron McCourtie shows off just some of the highlights from the Kilimanjaro Climb last year

Check out this video from Aaron McCourtie, one of the Kilimanjaro hikers from 2009. The video features many of the best snapshots from the trip set to music.

MS Climb on TVO’s Get Involved

Founder Ralph Cochrane talks about what a difference one person can make

TV Ontario’s Get Involved featured an interview with MS Climb Founder Ralph Cochrane on their program and website recently. The video also includes brief interviews with other climbers and folks from the MS Society of Canada. Watch the video online.

Machu Picchu 2008 Video

Check out this awesome video from MS Climb’s 2008 adventure to Machu Picchu.

Video from MS Climb Kili’ 2009

This video recaps the highlights from the 2009 trip to Kilimanjaro.

Letter to Best Health Magazine

Story about MS Climb was inspirational

Reader letters: January/February 2009
http://www.besthealthmag.ca/get-healthy/article/reader-letters-januaryfebruary-2009
Find out what readers had to say in letters from the January/February issue of Best Health Magazine
I read “I Have a Crazy Idea…” (October, page 124) about women climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, and wanted to share my husband’s recent “MS Climb 2008” to Machu Picchu in Peru. For Paul, it was a labour [...]

On the Trail to a Cure

Updates from the Machu Picchu Climb

09-29-08
Hello everyone,
We arrived safely in Lima late Saturday night (Day 1). We all went out to grab a beer or a Pisco Sour mmm!!!
Yesterday (Day 2), we spent the day on a bus on our way to the Nasca Lines. We stopped to do a ‘buggy ride’ in the sand dudes. It was awesome!!! We also [...]

Battling MS an uphill climb for Toronto group

Team will raise money by scaling Machu Picchu
BY JUSTIN SKINNER  on July 17, 2008
THE MIRROR – City Centre
A group of residents from across Toronto are helping in the fight against multiple sclerosis, expanding their horizons and seeing the world in the process.
License to Cure, which consists of 25 to 30 members, is looking to raise [...]