olivia@500miles.co.uk
www.milesforsmiles09.co.uk
I was a partner in a large law firm when, in February 2002, I began to feel unwell at work with fluish symptoms. Within 24 hours I was unconscious in intensive care. I had contracted the blood poisoning form of meningitis. Gangrene spread rapidly up my limbs and as a result it was necessary to amputate
my arms and legs below my elbows and knees. Without expert surgery it would have been far worse.
jamie@500miles.co.uk
www.jamieandrew.com
In January 1999 Jamie Fisher and I, friends and fellow mountaineers, were trapped on the storm bound icy summit of a French mountain for 5 days. Our
rescue, one of the most dramatic in the history of the Alps, came only hours too late to save Jamie. I was precariously winched by helicopter to safety.
Despite suffering hypothermia and appalling frostbite, I survived. Days later all four of my hands and feet were amputated.
Founders: Olivia and Jamie
Trustees: Olivia, Jamie, Anna Wyatt, Robin Garrett, Catherine Jones and Susan Shaw
Olivia runs the charity