Yvonne Booth: I Created A '10 Peaks In 10 Hours' Challenge For MS

In 2011, Yvonne Booth designed and created the '10 in 10' challenge – to climb 10 peaks in 10 hours in the Lake District.

She designed it as a response to her husband Duncan’s diagnosis with Multiple Sclerosis in 2010 at the age of 39. Multiple Sclerosis is a debilitating neurological disease with no cure. As a wife and mother, she wanted to do something positive and help raise money for research into this cruel illness.

Since then, Yvonne has run the event once a year – raising money for the MS Society UK. The challenge now sees hundreds of fundraisers climb 10 mountains in 10 hours, and she has also introduced the option to climb 5 mountains in 5 hours.

We caught up with Yvonne to find out more about the event, what it's like to undertake, and how you can get involved.

CHAPTER MARKERS
1:19: How the 10 in 10 came about
6:14: Why climbing mountains?
8:13: What it's like doing 10 in 10
9:57: How people get through it
11:43: Raising money for MS Society UK
15:14: Reaching each peak
16:34: The 2022 challenge
17:51: Advice for others
20:01: What does it mean to Duncan?
21:23: What does defiant optimism mean to you?
23:11: Where to find out more
23:42: Closing remarks

Find out more about the 10in10: https://10in10.org.uk/who-we-are/
Support the MS Society UK: https://www.mssociety.org.uk/

Chapters

• 1:19 Introduction to Yvonne
• 1:19 How the 10 in 10 came about
• 6:14 Why climbing mountains?
• 8:13 What it's like doing 10 in 10
• 9:57 How people get through it
• 11:43 Raising money for MS Society UK
• 15:14 Reaching each peak
• 16:34 The 2022 challenge
• 17:51 Advice for others
• 20:01 What does it mean to Duncan?
• 21:23 What does defiant optimism mean to you?
• 23:11 Where to find out more
• 23:42 Closing remarks