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Reach the Peak Virtual Climbing Challenge
Take part in our Reach the Peak Facebook challenge and climb the equivalent height of Mount Everest in a month. Choose how you'd like to Reach the Peak, by climbing stairs or measuring your elevation.
What is Reach the Peak?
Reach the Peak is Alzheimer’s Society’s latest Facebook challenge, challenging you to climb 8,848 metres, the height of Mt Everest, between 1 and 30 September 2022.
But don’t worry, we’re not sending you up the mountain! Instead, you can climb that distance from the comfort of your home, outside to you locally or at work.
Climb your stairs
3,871 flights of stairs (15 steps in flight), so climb 129 flights per day.
Measure your elevation
Climb a total of 8,848 metres - that's 294.9 metres per day.
Count your steps
8,848 metres equates to 58,070 steps, so do 1,936 steps a day.
How do I get involved in Reach the Peak?
- Head to our Facebook group and join.
- Once part of the Facebook group, visit the pinned post to register and set up your Facebook Fundraising page.
Keep your eyes peeled for lots of updates in the group throughout the month for support and encouragement from your fellow climbers!
If you prefer JustGiving to Facebook Fundraisers, you can set up a JustGiving page.
Make sure you share your progress with the wonderful Facebook community!
Here are some commonly-asked questions about the Reach the Peak challenge
Have a question?
Please contact our team if you have any questions about this challenge at [email protected]
You can use fitness tracker devices like a FitBit or a Smart Watch or you can use free apps such as Strava (to track your elevation) or Pacer (to track your steps).
Download our handy Reach the Peak tracker (PDF) to help mark your progress and keep you motivated throughout September.
Completely up to you! If you would like to make the ascent using stairs, you can, you’ll have to climb 3,871 flights of stairs (based in 15 steps in a flight), which is 129 flights per day.
Or you could choose to take on the challenge by:
Yes, you can still take part. You can choose to take on this challenge by:
Download our handy Reach the Peak tracker (PDF) to help mark your progress and keep you motivated
throughout September.
When you have raised £100, we’ll send you a medal in the post as a special thank you.
If you would like to collect donations offline, you can download our sponsorship form.
You can set up a Facebook fundraiser. This makes it very easy for your Facebook friends to donate.
Alternatively, you can fundraise via JustGiving by setting up your page.
You don’t need a Facebook account to take part in this challenge. You can join our JustGiving campaign and set up a JustGiving page.
Remember to share updates and pictures to your page to let everyone know how your Reach the Peak challenge is going.
You can edit the following:
You can share your Facebook fundraiser in different ways, either:
To find your Facebook fundraiser click ‘Fundraisers’ in the left menu of your News Feed on Facebook.
If both pages have donations on them then you can’t delete either page or merge them. We suggest sharing the page with the most donations. If the second page has no donations, then you can always delete it.
That’s amazing, thank you so much. To adjust your target on your page, complete these steps:
To join the Facebook Group, you need to be over 18. Facebook fundraisers can only be set up by over 18s. If you wish to take part and are under 18, please ask a parent or guardian and fundraise through JustGiving.