Simon Rumble has returned from a gruelling charity trek on behalf of international charity, Community Action Treks/Nepal.
Simon spent 9 days climbing mountainous peaks, following challenging trails and experiencing tough climatic changes in the Himilayan mountains, culminating in climbing the Ana Yangri Peak, 3771M.
In fact, such was the challenge of the trek that Simon was close by when one ‘trekker’ sadly succumbed to hypothermia and later died.
Now back in Suffolk, Simon, who lives in Harwich with his family, has been recounting the experience and is keen to applaud the exceptional work of charities like Community Action Treks/Nepal in conjunction with West Yorkshire Scouts, who have enhanced the lives of communities within this area.
“It sounds a cliché, but it truly was a life-changing experience,” he said.
“We witnessed so many sights and different approaches to life, that I could never have possibly imagined how it would feel or what my feelings toward the people might be.
“I have enormous respect for the people at Community Action Treks. They put great effort into organising treks such as this one, to give people like me a real insight into the world of vulnerable communities, and to raise much-needed funds.”
His experiences, coupled with his position as a Suffolk-based business director, have led Simon to encourage staff to support charities and events, and monthly dress down days have raised a considerable amount over the last few years.
His company are no stranger to giving to charity and have recently carried out a successful and rather unique inter-team corporate Ready Steady Cook event.
Events such as this will now be part of an annual calendar of charitable events which will form part of a ‘Dooley Donates’ scheme. Companies looking to join Simon and his colleagues in arranging further Suffolk charitable events can find more information on the company website in due course, or by following them on Twitter at Dooley_Rumble.
Simon added: “People like myself are very fortunate to have the lives we have and access so many experiences and have such a good standard of life. I want to use my day to day business to support the great work being down – in this region and around the globe – to help others who can’t help themselves as readily.”
