04/06/2026
Yr Wyddfa 9 x Everest Reunion
Last Saturday was special.
A few weeks ago we stood on the slopes of Yr Wyddfa asking ourselves if climbing the height of Everest in 48 hours was actually possible.
The answer, as it turns out, was yes.
But what I’ve realised since is that the mountain was never the most important part.
Last Saturday, looking around that room, I was reminded what this was really about.
The lads who stepped up to the challenge.
The support team who gave up their entire weekend to keep us moving.
The sponsors who backed an idea.
The families who put up with the training, the planning and the madness.
The people who donated.
The people who followed every step online.
The people who believed in MenTribe.
During the challenge we met two separate families on the mountain who were scattering the ashes of sons they had lost to su***de.
Both told us the same thing.
“If our son had known about something like MenTribe, things might have been different.”
Those conversations will stay with me forever.
That’s why we do this.
Not for medals.
Not for trophies.
Not for social media.
We do it because if one man sees what we’re doing and decides to ask for help instead of suffering in silence, then every step was worth it.
Yr Wyddfa 9 x Everest reached over a million people online.
I genuinely hope somewhere amongst those views was a man who needed to know he wasn’t alone.
Last Saturday gave us the chance to reflect, laugh, share stories, hand out some well-deserved awards and celebrate what was achieved together.
But more than anything, it reminded me how lucky I am to be surrounded by the people in these photos.
What we achieved wasn’t built by one person.
It was built by a tribe.
Thank you to every single person who played a part.
A huge thank you also to for allowing us to use their function room for the reunion evening. It provided the perfect setting to bring everyone back together one final time, reflect on the challenge and celebrate what was achieved.
This challenge belongs to all of you.
We are MenTribe.