Inglis' Climb Benefits Charity
Mark Inglis’ successful climb of Mount Everest has again benefited the Cambodia Trust of New Zealand.
At the Trust’s annual dinner last week, Mark’s daughter Lucy presented the Trust with a cheque for $18,240 on behalf of
Marlborough winemakers Cellier Le Brun. Mark is their chief winemaker.
To celebrate Mark’s ascent of Mount Everest, Cellier Le Brun released a premium aged vintage methode traditionnelle
wine, aptly named Summit 8850. To support Mark’s passion to make a difference in the world, Cellier Le Brun donated ten
dollars from each bottle sold, to the Cambodia Trust and its Kompong Chh’nang Rehabilitation Centre.
Cellier Le Brun general manager Neville Marr, said he was delighted with the project. “It met both of its objectives; it
was our way of saying congratulations to Mark and it has allowed Mark to further his work to support those less
fortunate via the Cambodia Trust.”
Spokesperson for the Cambodia Trust Shona Macaskill, said that the dinner was a huge success topped off by the
presentation of the cheque. “Mark has been generous to the Trust for many years. We are very grateful for everything he
does for us.”
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Mark’s involvement with the trust began when he was invited to Cambodia to speak at the Graduation ceremony of the
Cambodian School of Prosthetics and Orthotics run by the Cambodia Trust in Phnom Penh. This school, run entirely on
donations, was set up to train Prosthetists and Orthotists to work with the 40,000 landmine victims in Cambodia. Mark
spent time working with the staff and students at the school and proved an inspirational role model who not only wore
prosthetics but was also adept at designing and making them.
Mark stayed on after graduation at his own expense to visit the Rehabilitation Centres run by the Trust. He was struck
by the work that they were doing and the fragile nature of their ongoing funding. He came back to New Zealand determined
to support this work.
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