A Kilmarnock man has been elevating cash to offer again to those that helped him via essentially the most tough interval of his life.
Kevin McGill and his companion Laura-Jane had been devastated when their daughter Grace arrived stillborn in August 2020.
The pair had been heartbroken, however they had been nicely taken care of by Crosshouse Hospital's maternity bereavement unit.
And Kevin determined he wished to assist out different households going via what they handled by elevating funds for the bereavement unit.
He opted to climb Scotland's highest mountain, Ben Nevis, regardless of having by no means climbed a mountain earlier than.
However the gruelling nine-hour climb was price it, as he is raised virtually £700 between his GoFundMe web page and different donations.
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Kevin advised the Kilmarnock Normal: “We misplaced our daughter in August 2020 and I had been that means to do that, however on account of Covid and stuff I didn’t get spherical to it.
“I made a decision to climb Ben Nevis to boost cash as I wished to offer again to the bereavement suite that taken care of us. Our fundamental midwife Cara actually taken care of us, she was wonderful and helped us get via a extremely tough time.
“I wished to offer again to assist different couples going via the identical factor we went via.
“It was a extremely tough time, it’s the toughest factor we’ve ever needed to undergo in our lives, however they actually helped us.
“We wished to do it in order that we may present folks going via something like that that there's others on the market going via the identical and so they can attain out."
Kevin continued: “After all there are not any positives to come back out of what occurred, however it feels nice having executed such a very good factor.
“It was actually emotional once I acquired to the highest, however I used to be actually satisfied with everybody who supported me.
“It was actually overwhelming the quantity of generosity folks confirmed in the direction of the trigger.
“We had been over the moon, the donations simply saved flooding in.
“Hopefully the bereavement suite can get one thing good with it and we will put that in Grace’s reminiscence.
“It can hopefully assist different households out which is crucial factor."
Kevin accomplished the climb with pals Stuart and Andrew, and though he did not prepare for it he admits it was price it for the unbelievable surroundings.
He mentioned: “I didn’t do any coaching and it was the primary mountain I’ve ever climbed.
“I began at 4am and acquired to the highest about 9.10am, it was heavy happening the legs.
“We had been buzzing on the high although in order that made the journey down a bit simpler, we did the entire climb up and down in 9 hours complete.
“It was gruelling, the final half hour particularly was powerful.
“Individuals had been skipping by us, it was such a steep incline on the finish we had been taking 20 steps then having a seat, then once more.
“However the views had been wonderful, and we acquired the climate for it too, it was 27 levels and the solar got here out simply as we reached the summit which was good.
“The surroundings on the high was simply breath-taking, we couldn’t have picked a greater day for it."
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