A DEAF man from Clayton Brook has been forced to put his plans for a gruelling charity hike through Nepal on hold following the USA terrorist attacks.
Jimmy Anderson, 41, of Barn Meadow, was due to take part in the Deafway Himalayan Challenge 2 in October.
But organisers have decided the original route, which included a stopover in the Middle East, is now too risky, and the trip has been reorganised for February.
The married father-of-one, a team leader at the Deafway residential unit in Preston, has already received support from Citizen readers to reach his £3,000 fund-raising target.
He said: "I am continuing to collect donations because we are still going, it's only a change in dates.
"The problem was the airline we were to take was QATER and that is a United Arab Emerates airline and we were to do a stopover in Doha which is in the Middle East.
"Our organisers have cancelled this, we are now hoping to use India's own airline and will re-route to Delhi to avoid the risk."
The challenge involves walking for more than 10 days to cover 100 kilometres within the sight of Mount Everest.
Jimmy became deaf at the age of four due to measles. He will split profits between Deafway's work with deaf children and adults in the UK and deaf youngsters in Nepal.
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