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Taylor to tackle Guinness World Record attempt at Everest

Taylor to tackle Guinness World Record attempt at Everest

Tom Bulmer10 Apr 2019 - 09:00
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DMP Sharks’ Tamara Taylor will be joining fellow internationals to set a Guinness World Record at Everest

It's going to be a massive challenge, both physically and mentally, but we are all excited to get going, and raise as much money as we can for Wooden Spoon.
- Tamara Taylor

Sharks second row Tamara Taylor will join fellow rugby internationals in an attempt to set two Guinness World Records by playing the highest game of touch rugby and 7s rugby in history, at Mount Everest.

Taylor, who has 115 caps, will join former internationals, Lee Mears, Shane Williams and Ollie Phillips, alongside 23 other challengers, to raise vital funds for Wooden Spoon – the children’s charity of rugby. Their group target is a massive £200,000 which will help fund projects to help disadvantaged and disabled children across the UK and Ireland.

The four team captains, together with inspiring men and women from around the country, have been fundraising and training for months and will finallyfinally begin their adventure in on Saturday. . The group will travel via China to Base camp on the north side of Mount Everest in Tibet and will spend 24 days acclimatising and preparing for their World Record attempts. The venue for these historic games is Advanced Base Camp at a mighty 6500m above sea-level, and the team are hoping to play the games on the 30th April.

“I really like rugby, I really like helping people, and I like to challenge myself by doing things people say I can’t, or maybe shouldn’t," said Taylor.

"I’m afraid of heights and get that tingly feeling in my hands and feet when I look over the edge of something high, in fact, I’m getting it now just thinking about it. It's going to be a massive challenge, both physically and mentally, but we are all excited to get going, and raise as much money as we can for Wooden Spoon.”

The LMAX Exchange Everest Rugby Challenge will take place from the 13th April to the 6th May. To find out more visit woodenspoon.org.uk/Everest, or www.everestrugby.org.uk. You can also donate to Tamara’s Virgin Money page by clicking here.

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