Team journeys to Mt. Everest Base Camp in honor of Alex Harpole
A team of individuals that includes Scott Moody, a member of the Epilepsy Foundation Kentuckiana’s Board of Directors, along with five men and one woman, including videographer, David Kiern, who will be filming their journey during the 18-day trip to Mt. Everest Base Camp starting October 4th.
At nearly 18,000 feet in altitude, Everest Base Camp is the staging area for climbers attempting to summit Mt. Everest, the world’s largest peak. The team is practicing leadership principals, including servant leadership, that considers the needs of other individuals before self.
The team has chosen to support the Epilepsy Foundation of Kentuckiana. David’s goal is to incorporate the team’s journey with the journey of Alex Harpole, an eight-year old who has a severe form of epilepsy called Dravet’s Syndrome. He will be making three DVDs, one of the team’s journey, one of Alex and his journey with epilepsy, and one integrating both journeys together to raise epilepsy awareness and funds.
Alex, his parents Carrie and Paul, and Deb McGrath of the Epilepsy Foundation Kentuckiana got to meet the team and thank them for their commitment to make a difference in the lives of others living with epilepsy, like Alex.
The team realizes Alex will never be able to climb a mountain, so they are climbing it for him and every other child and adult living with epilepsy.