Terminally-ill youngsters at a children's hospice near Winchester are continuing to benefit from a fund set up in memory of Hampshire climber, Peter Legate, who died attempting a sponsored climb of Mount Everest a year ago.
The 38-year-old fell to his death while taking part in a fund-raising climb for two charities - Naomi House Hospice, Sutton Scotney, and Southampton-based Children's Say.
Since then, his mother, Margaret, has been working tirelessly to carry on his work by establishing the Peter Legate Everest Charity, which has already raised £30,000 for the two charities.
"Fund-raising has been a way forward for us as a family, to make something positive come from Peter's death, said Mrs Legate (77), who lives at Hythe.
She is hoping the next boost to the fund will come from the sale of a mascot which Peter had taken on the Everest climb.
"Everest", the bear, is to be auctioned at a specialist auction at Christies later this year.
Peter's body still lies in a snow-filled crevasse and Sherpas have built a cairn lower down the mountain in memory of him.
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