FAQs

No, there is no registration fee to take part. 

We ask you to pledge to raise a minimum of £100 for Conquer the Climb. The money you raise will help us to make a difference to everyone affected by a brain tumour.

We’ll be in touch to make sure you have everything you need to get climbing! If you would like a t-shirt to complete your challenge in, please email us at events@thebraintumourcharity.org and let us know your preferred size (S-XXL) and the best address to send this to.

Once the whole challenge has finished, we’ll be sending you your certificate and medal. Given the current situation around coronavirus (COVID-19), we can’t give a specific date, but we’ll try to get them to you as soon as possible.

Please email us at events@thebraintumourcharity.org and we’ll do our best to help.  

Once you’ve signed up for your challenge, please email us at events@thebraintumourcharity.org with your name and preferred size (S-XXL) and best address to send it to. We will send your t-shirt as soon as we can during these tricky times.

Once you sign up, your fundraising page will be automatically created and any donations collected on your page will come to The Brain Tumour Charity. So please share your page with friends and family so they can donate to your challenge.

You can also collect money offline, but please be sure to observe Government guidelines if doing this.

All donations made to your JustGiving page will be transferred to The Brain Tumour Charity automatically, so you don’t need to do anything. 

If you have any offline donations, please send them to the address below, along with sponsorship forms or referencing ‘Conquer the Climb’ and your name to:

The Brain Tumour Charity, Hartshead House, 61-65 Victoria Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 7PA

Starting on the summer solstice, Saturday 20 June 2020, and running for eight weeks, we’re challenging you to see how high you can climb while raising vital funds. The challenge is about how many vertical metres you can ascend, either on your stairs inside or on a hill outside.

The challenge will run for eight weeks, and you’re able to join at any point during this time.

When you sign up, you’ll be asked how many metres you’re aiming to climb. To summit Snowdon you’ll need to enter 1085m, if it’s the Matterhorn you’ll enter 4478m and if it’s Everest you’ll enter 8848m. Throughout the challenge you’ll need to log your metres climbed on your own fundraising page, to reach your summit.

Once you’ve signed up and your fundraising page is ready, make sure you add a profile picture and keep your page updated. Then all you need to do is share with your friends and family.

Whether you choose to take on this challenge inside or out, you’ll need to measure the number of vertical metres you climb.

I’m taking the stairs!

To convert your stairs at home, for every 1 flight of stairs = 3 metres elevation.

Or see our handy table below to help you plan your challenge. You’ll need to simply add the number of metres you complete, to your fundraising page:

• Snowdon - 1,085m
  19.30m a day over 56 days
  7 flights per day (based on average of 15 stairs per flight)
• Matterhorn- 4,478m
  79.90m a day over 56 days
  27 flights per day (based on average of 15 stairs per flight)
• Everest- 8,848m
  158m a day over 56 days
  53 flights per day (based on average of 15 stairs per flight)

I’ll be outside

Whatever fitness app you use, it’ll track the metres you climb during your activity for you. Simply log these on your fundraising page.

There are lots of popular fitness apps and services you can use to track your elevation, including Strava, MapMyFitness and Fitbit.

No, you can take this challenge on at any time between Saturday 20 June – Saturday 15 August 2020.

Yes, once you sign up you can create or join a team. If you are setting a team up, you need a team name and team fundraising target. When others sign up they can choose to join a team and type in the same team name, this will make sure all your pages together.