_Knight Frank’s Head of Healthcare, Hotels and Leisure Julian Evans summits Mount Denali
Knight Frank’s Head of Healthcare, Hotels and Leisure Julian Evans summits Mount Denali
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Julian Evans, Head of Healthcare, Hotels and Leisure at Knight Frank, has continued his goal of completing the Adventurers Grand Slam by summiting the highest mountain in North America, Mount Denali, raising £70,000 for The Matt Hampson Foundation.
Evans successfully undertook the world’s highest vertical climb, summiting Mount Denali via the West Buttress, having spent 18 days on the mountain and three days tent bound due to intense storms.
His summit of Mount Denali follows his summit of Europe’s highest mountain, Mount Elbrus and his trek to the North Col at Mount Everest in the last 18 months.
Mount Denali has the impressive reputation of being the tallest landsur-based mountain on Earth as well as the highest peak in North America. The mountain, situated in Alaska, has a vertical rise of 5,500m and elevation of 6,190m, and is regarded as one of the world’s most isolated peaks.
Evans has a long list of generous sponsors supported him in this mission including the UK’s largest care providers Caring Homes Group and BUPA, as well as Runwood Homes, Care UK, Avery Healthcare Group, Maria Mallaband, Hadrian Healthcare, Barchester, Hallmark Care Homes & Halebourne Group.
Via his sponsors, Evans has been privileged to participate in some extraordinary expeditions, with his Mount Everest expedition raising £60,000 for The Matt Hampson Foundation and premature baby charity Bliss. Lord Coe and Sir Ranulph Fiennes are supporters of his endeavours.
Julian Evans, Head of Healthcare and Hotels at Knight Frank, said: “Outdoor endurance events and expeditions have brought me an immense amount of satisfaction in the past. Being able to conquer some of the world’s greatest exploration challenges whilst raising money for valuable causes close to my heart is very rewarding personally, whilst also offering something back through the fundraising.
“I have been a long-term supporter of The Matt Hampson Foundation which helps support those who have been seriously injured or disabled through medical injury, and it will be constantly in my thoughts as I try to raise awareness for the issue through my personal mission of completing the True Adventurers Grand Slam.”
In addition to his role at Knight Frank, Evans is a British Adventurer and dedicated fundraiser, a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society, member of The Alpine Club and member of The Explorers Club.
He is currently completing the True Adventurers Grand Slam, an adventurer’s challenge to reach the North and South pole and climb the Seven Summits (the highest peak on every continent), that has so far only been completed by 15 people in the world.
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