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.

El Camino del Santiago features a 7 day trek through the Spanish countryside. The route calls for approximately 20 kms of trail to cover every day – none of the altitude but all the effort of the more mountainous Climbs. El Camino was added the the schedule to make MS Climb accessible to people who are in relatively good health but may be prone to suffering from altitude sickness or other types of illness associated with more mountainous destinations. “We wanted to introduce a climb which would be accessible to people with mild MS. In the past, many people who have MS expressed interested in MS Climb but were hesitant because of the unknown challenges with climbing and altitude… now we have something that might work for them… and its AMAZING adventure too!” says Ralph Cochrane, program founder.

Everest Basecamp is 14 days of trekking into the Himalayas of Nepal. For climbers who have been involved for the past two years (Peru, Kilimanjaro) they wanted a new, more exotic and higher altitude adventure so the Basecamp trip was created. Climbers are being taken to higher destinations, they are also taking on higher fund-raising goals with a minimum commitment of $20,000. “I think raising the funds will be the real challenge. Once I get the funds collected, the climbing will be the icing on the cake” says Ron Reeleder, one of the first Climbers to sign up for this year’s “way up there” adventure!

These two new additions to the MS Climb program have already been well received with 6 Climbers already confirming their spots for Everest Basecamp. MS Climb 2010 is already posed to exceed all the funds raised in 2008. Each of the 4 climbs this year have capacity for only 24 climbers so its expected that spots will fill up early in 2010.