Everest 2003: Glenn Edwards
Canadian Fire Fighter Everest Expedition

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Welcome! People climb Mount Everest for many reasons. From the infamous, “ because it is there” to the more vain, “because I can afford too”. One thing for certain, there are as many reasons to attempt Everest as there are climbers on her flanks.  For the Canadian Fire Fighter Everest Expedition, we are pursuing a dream that has been nurtured for over 55 years and two family generations.

Our Everest journey began with my father long before I was born.  In the English, Yorkshire Moors of the 1940’s my father was an avid outdoorsman and an aspiring mountain climber. Although the rigors of outdoor pursuits were replaced with the rigors of work, wife and children, my father’s zest for life and ever-present fervor for adventure was strong and was instrumental in my upbringing. In my youth, I was drawn to challenges and it was not long before I was tackling my own adolescent adventures.

Glenn Edwards©

At the age of seventeen I embarked on my first big adventure: a 4200km bicycle ride to Nova Scotia and back to my hometown of Georgetown, Ontario.

The success of my first adventurous undertaking was not the completion of the ride, however, the satisfaction of attempting to achieve a dream. My father and I both believe in the power and self-fulfillment of attempting to achieve ones own aspirations. As a result of our life long dreams to climb Mount Everest we have associated ourselves with a charity whose job it is to grant wishes of child who might not otherwise be able to live their own dreams.

Climbing Mount Everest will only satisfy one of the goals we have set ourselves. In our journey to Everest we have challenged ourselves raise $88,500.00 for the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada, “so that children suffering from life threatening illnesses can live their dreams too”.

Live your Everest dream through our expedition dispatches Join our Everest journey and experience the rewards of one of the greatest challenges this planet can offer…self-fulfillment.

Good Luck to all of you in reaching your goals, big or small.

Sincerely, Glenn

Follow along here for Glenn's climb on Everest.

Steve, Ken and Glenn "The Team" taken in Nepal in 1999