A PLUCKY pensioner has signed up to hike along a famous South American landmark.
Sandy Atkinson, 62, will travel to Peru in May to hike around the Inca Trail in aid of the Marie Curie Hospice in Hampstead.
Mrs Atkinson, who lives in Partridge Lane, Newdigate, said: "I'm really looking forward to hiking the Inca Trail and just hope I'm up to the challenge, which involves five days of hiking at altitudes of over 4,000m and temperatures of minus 5C (23F) at night.
"I'll be hiking for up to nine hours a day and then sleeping in a tent with no hot baths or showers to ease the aching limbs. It's not a walk in the park by any means."
Mrs Atkinson took part in a charity bike ride around Cuba around five years ago and it was there her passion for challenges emerged.
She said: "It was one of the best things I have ever done so I decided I'd do another challenge before I disintegrate."
In preparation for the challenge, she has been hiking and cycling up Box Hill and Leith Hill five times a week.
Mrs Atkinson, who works for Mole Valley Telecare Services, said she chose to support Marie Curie because of her job.
She added: "I answer emergency calls for elderly or vulnerable people on their lifelines and so have first-hand experience of the impact cancer has on people and their families.
"And being a pensioner myself I felt it was time I did something to help this great charity."
Mrs Atkinson has to raise a minimum of £3,000 and is preparing to sell her beloved trike, which is based on a classic Triumph Bonneville. She has raised £1,450 so far.
Visit www.justgiving.com/sandy-atkinsonpensionerinperuformariecurie to sponsor her.
Sandy Atkinson, 62, will travel to Peru in May to hike around the Inca Trail in aid of the Marie Curie Hospice in Hampstead.
Mrs Atkinson, who lives in Partridge Lane, Newdigate, said: "I'm really looking forward to hiking the Inca Trail and just hope I'm up to the challenge, which involves five days of hiking at altitudes of over 4,000m and temperatures of minus 5C (23F) at night.
"I'll be hiking for up to nine hours a day and then sleeping in a tent with no hot baths or showers to ease the aching limbs. It's not a walk in the park by any means."
Mrs Atkinson took part in a charity bike ride around Cuba around five years ago and it was there her passion for challenges emerged.
She said: "It was one of the best things I have ever done so I decided I'd do another challenge before I disintegrate."
In preparation for the challenge, she has been hiking and cycling up Box Hill and Leith Hill five times a week.
Mrs Atkinson, who works for Mole Valley Telecare Services, said she chose to support Marie Curie because of her job.
She added: "I answer emergency calls for elderly or vulnerable people on their lifelines and so have first-hand experience of the impact cancer has on people and their families.
"And being a pensioner myself I felt it was time I did something to help this great charity."
Mrs Atkinson has to raise a minimum of £3,000 and is preparing to sell her beloved trike, which is based on a classic Triumph Bonneville. She has raised £1,450 so far.
Visit www.justgiving.com/sandy-atkinsonpensionerinperuformariecurie to sponsor her.
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