Fitness fanatic takes on Mount Everest challenge for gym buddy with cerebral palsy

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An inspirational East Kilbride man will be at the heart of an epic fundraising challenge to Mount Everest Base Camp this week.Ryan McNair made history by becoming the first teenager with cerebral palsy to take part in the Crossfit Games in 2015.Now the 24-year-old fitness fan is proud to be supporting his gym buddy John Stein who will take on the mammoth 14-day and 5,644 metre hike to Mount Everest Base Camp on Friday.John, who trains with Ryan at Base Fitness & CrossFit in Greenhills, has already smashed his £2000 fundraising target for Cerebral Palsy Scotland which he says has been a massive support to Ryan and his family over the years.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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I see what Ryan goes through on a daily basis so I was only too happy to help the charity.“I decided at the start of the Covid pandemic to do a hill so I done Tinto, then Ben Nevis and out of that came Everest - it’s quite a big jump!“Four of us from the gym are going out and all supporting different charities.“Cerebral Palsy Scotland are a charity that has helped Ryan’s family out