Heat is on for Darwen charity walker (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Heat is on for Darwen charity walker

10:12am Thursday 18th March 2010 in

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WHILE many people use their holidays to relax on the beach, Darwen worker Mick Brown has planned something much more adventurous.

For the 50-year-old, who works for Welding Engineering, has travelled to Africa to begin a 120km trek across the Namib desert in Namibia.

He will face temperatures up to 40°C during the day and will have no access to running water during the eight-day trek.

The terrain will vary as he crosses the desert, taking in grassy plains, sand dunes, dry slopes and rocks.

Mr Brown, of Red Bank Road, Radcliffe, said: “This will be the trip of a lifetime for me. I have never really walked in 40°C heat, so it will be very hard work. I’m really looking forward to it, though.”

Mr Brown is doing the walk to support Action Medical Research, a charity funding medical research into diseases affecting babies and children.

He has already raised £3,300 and has set a target of £4,000.

The trek will be the second challenge in two months for Mr Brown, who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro last month with fellow members of Bury Sub Aqua Club.

Anyone wishing to sponsor Mick or send messages of support can email mickbrown60@ hotmail.co.uk.