Generous donation to Assynt Mountain rescue leaves Adele 'gobsmacked'
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North Sutherland landowner Anders Holch Povlsen has given £4000 to Assynt Mountain Rescue Team after being moved by the inspiring climb of the daughter of one of Scotland's most famous mountaineers who died in a double tragedy.
Adele Perry, 24, made the trek up Ben Hope on Wednesday on the first anniversary of the heart-breaking accident that claimed her father Steve and his friend Andy Nisbet.
She scattered some of her father's ashes at the summit.
Father-of-three Steve, 47, who lived at Dalcross near Inverness was killed on February 5 last year with Andy, 65. They got into severe difficulty on 3041-ft high Ben Hope, which is on an estate owned by Mr Povlsen.
Adele marked the first anniversary of the tragedy by scaling Ben Hope with some of the rescuers who tried to save her father and
Andy.
Now Mr Povlsen's company Wildland Ltd have given £4000 to Adele's crowdfunder page for the mountain rescue team – one of the group of rescuers
who tried to save Steve.
A letter from the company to Adele reads: "We are inspired by your actions and further to the personal letter from Anne and Anders Holch Povlsen, Wildland Limited makes this donation in memory of your father and Andy."
Adele said: "I am gobsmacked. It came out of the blue. I just want to thank everybody who has donated, no matter how large or small. This is the icing
on the cake though. It was a tough and emotional day, but Dad is home now."
