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Bulletin the University of Sussex newsletter
Student takes on Himalayan Challenge
With only around a month to raise the £2,000 necessary to take part in the trek, Anne sees the whole thing as a challenge - but an exciting one. The thought of the six-day trek through the foothills of the Himalayas, over perilous passes and precipitous peaks, is less daunting than the fundraising for Anne, who says nonetheless that she is "looking forward to it as a dry run for being out there, by myself, with this goal to achieve." She's yet to get into the thick of the training she will have to do for the trip, which is in February, but has been preparing herself by reading Ffiona Campbell's book about trekking round Africa "and thinking about going for walks every weekend!" She says the Scope slogan inspired her because it is a reflection of her own life - "having been a full time lone parent for such a long time, and being faced with the prospect of my teenage kids leaving home, I realised now was the time to do something for me. My life has changed so much over the last few years - I never would have thought I could do this or do a postgraduate degree. Now I get a chance to do something which is just for me and yet which benefits a charity at the same time." Anne isn't daunted by doing the trip with 90 strangers - she says her course has taught her a lot about the way people interact, and that it will help to prepare her for getting to know everyone on the trip - "as I'm going alone, I will be completely open to the experience and free to just click with people I get on with." She thinks the trek has come along at just the right time in her life, when she is prepared mentally to face up to the challenge, and is still physically fit enough to enjoy it. As well as holding car boot sales and a race night in Worthing, Anne will be collecting on campus on Thursday 19 November, from 4.00pm till 7.00 pm. Keep an eye open for her and her collecting tin!
Friday 13th November 1998
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"Change a life with your change" - that was the slogan which inspired Anne Halpin, a student on the postgraduate diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling, to apply for a place on the 'Nepal Hike Away'. The trek will raise money for the charity Scope, which campaigns for people with cerebal palsy.
