Following his brain tumour diagnosis, Glenn Campbell set himself the challenge of climbing all 282 Scottish Munros. A Walkhighlands user himself, Glenn is now asking hillwalkers to join him by taking on a Munro on Sunday 10 August.
The informal event will hopefully see as many individuals and teams reach the summit of a Munro on Brain Power Day 2025 to raise awareness of brain tumours and funds for more research.
Glenn said, “I’m really excited about this, not least because 10th August will be two years since successful surgery to remove most of my incurable brain tumour. Claire and I will also be celebrating our wedding anniversary that day. Here’s hoping for kind weather.”
“We’d love to have the support of well prepared hillwalkers taking on Munros across the country. The more teams on the more summits – the more powerful that show of solidarity would be.”
“This is not a formal event. There is no participation fee. Instead, we would welcome teams taking the opportunity to raise some money for Brain Power. There will be Brain Power beanies for committed fundraisers.”
Glenn had just started, in the summer of 2023, on his plan to bag all the Munros when he was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour. He talked about this, and his love of the outdoors, in an interview with Walkhighlands last year saying, “I decided that I wanted to climb all the Munros. I got a book about it and started to plan. When I was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour a few weeks later I thought this dream was over before it had begun. Of all the things I had to worry about, for some reason I found that particularly upsetting.”
Since surgery and treatment, Glenn has been able to start again on his Munro challenge.
Brain Power fundraises to support the work of the new Brain Tumour Research centre in Scotland which is a partnership with the Beatson Cancer Charity. If you could take on a Munro for Brain Power Day 2025 then please email Glenn (glenn.campbell@live.co.uk) or contact via Facebook.
