{"id":149807,"date":"2025-11-24T06:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T06:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/149807\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T06:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T06:02:08","slug":"family-and-friends-to-take-on-everest-exercise-challenge-to-help-tralee-woman-battling-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/149807\/","title":{"rendered":"Family And Friends To Take On \u2018Everest\u2019 Exercise Challenge To Help Tralee Woman Battling Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/johnfitzgeraldjewellers.com\/product-category\/watches\/ladies-watches\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-220597 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fitz-Insert-Watches-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"703\"\/><\/a> .<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-221235 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-23-at-14.35.30.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"114\"\/> Rebecca Donohue Mason.<\/p>\n<p>A TEAM of six people will take on a gruelling exercise challenge next month to help a Tralee woman battling a rare form of cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Donohue Mason from Tralee has been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer called sebaceous carcinoma of the oesophagus.<\/p>\n<p>Fewer than a handful of cases have ever been recorded worldwide, leaving doctors with almost no research to guide treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Continued below\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrehon.com\/special-offers\/black-friday-hotel-break-offers\/?utm_source=traleetoday&amp;utm_medium=digitalad&amp;utm_campaign=BF25&amp;utm_id=BF25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-221104 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Brehon-Insert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"674\"\/><\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Because of the severity of the disease, Rebecca can no longer eat or drink normally and is being fed through a tube in her stomach. She lives with constant pain and extreme exhaustion and is unable to work.<\/p>\n<p>Her treatment starts in December, when she will undergo 5\u20136 weeks of chemoradiation, hoping to give her the best possible chance in this fight.<\/p>\n<p>Her sister Susanna Kiely and five others will be completing a challenge to raise awareness and funds. They will take on a 48-hour endurance challenge on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st December in Oxigen HQ gym Tralee.<\/p>\n<p>They will climb the height of Mount Everest (8,848 meters \u2014 over 52,000 steps) on a stepper machine, continuously, for 48 hours straight, six people rotating every 40 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The public can also come along and contribute to the challenge by adding your own effort \u2014 whether that\u2019s you on the rower, the bike, or the ski-erd which will be tracked by calories to a total of 8848 calories which is the height over Everest. No breaks \u2014 the stepper keeps moving for the full 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>They will be sharing updates throughout the challenge, there will be music, food, teas and coffees to keep the energy high and the awareness growing.<\/p>\n<p>A gofundme page has been set up where people can make a donation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/a-rare-cancer-a-strong-women-a-community-coming-together\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/traleetoday.ie\/patron-of-traleetoday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TRALEETODAY.IE-INSERT-1.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":". Rebecca Donohue Mason. 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