Rob and Yon Lawson recently took part in a mammoth challenge - forming part of a group of 18 dedicated people who climbed an impressive 17,590ft up to Mount Everest Base Camp.

Rob was kitted out in his brasher's which provided him with the support he needed for the trek. 

Between them they raised more then £1,500 for St Clare's Hospice and 'Show Racism the Red Card', a campaign using top footballers to educate young people against racism.

Rob commented that "the challenge was probably the hardest thing I've ever done, especially with the altitude around Base Camp" but with the help of the team they all completed the trek together.

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On Sunday 10th January, at around 9am, I was stood on the beach on Portsmouth Sea Front in the snow. I had a backpack on that weighed as much as a family car and a promenade of ice in front of me. It was an interesting way to start a walk clockwise around the entire UK mainland coast - 6,882 miles of cliffs, beaches, industry, coves, cities, towns, islands and a lot of ups and downs.

I am walking for three charities: The Mammal Society, The Stroke Association and Southampton General Hospital's Paediatric Physiotherapy Department. You can sponsor me, as well as read my latest blogs and see lots of pictures, here on my website:

http://natsevs.wordpress.com

I have had quite a few adventures so far and am only half way. I paddled across the River Dart on a surf board with Murray from BBC Three's Last Man Standing., I saved a horse from dying in a drainage ditch in Newport, I was treated to a four star luxury hotel for hitting my 100th day walking in Lancashire and I have been priviledged to see some of Britain's hard-to-see wildlife, including many otters.

I was also in the News of the World. I am not sure if that's a highlight or not.

I walk around 25-30 miles a day, rarely taking a day off. And most of the time I am camping out, though I do take advantage of the occasional B&B or friend's house if they live near.

There is a strictly no car usage however. I walk every inch of coastline, or as close to the coastline as I get. The many lifts I have been offered have been turned down. I will also walk over any bridge connected to an island, so Anglesey was rounded and Skye is set to be in the next few weeks.

It is often a lonely escapade but I have loads of support on twitter - (@nomads_land) and from people along the more popular stretches of coastpath. There are so many people out walking it is quite inspiring in itself. Though they do tend to be a bit older than me, at 24 I am younger by 20 years on average!

My kit has held up well, though my beloved boots have suffered and are being held together by super glue. Fortunately, brasher are sending me some new boots - Lithium GTX, as a gift for my travels - hence this blog!

I am currently in Knoydart, home of Scotland's remotest pub. The stretch from here to the Isle of Skye looks troublesome but enjoyable. After that, things become a little more straighforward again after the tribulations of the past month on Scotland's west coast  it has been very tough and remote.

It may come as a surpirise to some but the route up Britain's west coast will take me roughly 9 months, the route down the east coast only two and a half months. So when I round John O' Groats in August, I expect to be home by mid-November.

I will be sad to finish the walk but I have been privileged to see some amazing sites and I expect many more in the next few months. Britain has so much to offer and it's about time we got about enjoying it! 

"On the evening of Saturday 17th April we arrived at Sedbury Cliffs, (myself, Alex and my dog) near Chepstow on the Severn Estuary, after completing the Offa's Dyke National Trail, in aid of The Multiple Sclerosis Society. Thirteen days earlier we had stood in Prestatyn, 185 miles away, on the North Wales coast, with our full backpacks and clean boots, ready for an epic adventure.

Disaster struck a week before we were due to set off when my trusty old pair of boots finally fell apart. Fortunately brasher came to the rescue and posted out a pair of new Supalite II GTX boots for me to try out on the trek.

The Offa's Dyke path weaves in and out of the England-Wales border, and is Britain's largest man made monument, built by Offa, King of Mercia from 757 to 796 A.D to try and create a boundry between his kingdom and the independent Welsh kingdoms. It takes in some wonderful and picturesque parts of the country-the Clwydian Range, the Severn Valley, the Shropshire Hills, the Black Mountains and the Wye Valley. We were lucky with the weather, with only one wet night of camping, in fact the only weather conditions we had not really prepared for was for glorious sunshine, which we had for most of the trip!

Our favourite day of the walk has to be between Gweryd Lakes, a campsite tucked away in the Clwydian Range and Llangollen. The day had an amazing array of scenery - moorland as we left the hills, lush fertile farmland, forest tracks through Llandegla Forest, more moorland, and finally scree on the side of a hill with wonderful views to one side and imposing rocky crags to the other as we approached the hilltop castle of Dinas Bran overlooking Llangollen.

The Supalite II GTX performed brilliantly, they were so comfortable straight from the box, and the weight (or rather lack of) is surprising. Despite being so light, I still had the support I needed, and several times during the walk the boots prevented me from twisting, or doing worse damage to my ankles.

In total we raised over £3800 for MS Society. Multiple sclerosis is the most common disabling neurological condition affecting young adults and around 100,000 people in the UK have MS."

Journalist Clive Tully's choice of footwear was a pair of Lithium GTX during his trip to Tenerife in January.

"I was lucky enough to spend a few days in Tenerife at the end of January, and whilst there, I got to do a walk in the Anaga rain forest, in the North East of the island. It promised to be quite rough and wet, not to mention the typically balmy Canaries climate with temperature up in the high teens. So a good opportunity to try out brasher's Lithium GTX boots. Light in weight, but waterproof and sturdy enough to take a rough trek - it seemed a good match for what was planned.

As it turned out, the vast majority of my route was downhill, a lot pretty steep. My knees weren't expecting that! And while on a footpath (actually it was a goat trail), it was stony and muddy - really slippery at times - in equal measure. I ended up doing my walking in bursts. I find plodding slowly downhill more taxing than taking it at the trot, although at times it was more like a gallop, with frequent stops to admire the Laurisilva forest, and to marvel at how tame the numerous robins were. And watching others on the walk having to take the trail a lot more tentatively made me realise just what a good job the Lithiums were doing.

Although lightweight (one of my size 10½'s tipped the scales at around 700 grams), they're not short on support, and that undoubtedly was what made the difference. Front to back, there's quite a spring in the midsole, and the torsional (twisting) resistance was excellent. You could safely traverse a hillside on the edges of the soles, and that, along with the relatively firm ankle cuff, means backpacking in these boots definitely wouldn't leave your feet screaming at the end of the day."

www.clivetully.com

We recently had an email from Kevin who wore his brasher Towa GTX for a trek to Everest base camp...

"I recently took part in a 17 day trek from Kathmandu to Everest base camp, for this I required a new pair of boots. I've not had a good all round pair since my first and that's almost 20 years ago. My final choice was the brasher Towa GTX - comfortable, breathable, warm and an excellent grip. Perfect for the varied conditions encountered.
Thanks for making a dream trip that little bit more comfortable."