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Climbing more than just mountains

Nugent House school former pupil Jamie Owen has reached amazing heights, literally, since leaving us in 2008.

A pupil for 6 years, Jamie is autistic and is from Bangor in North Wales and has fond memories of Nugent House School and the teachers.

Last year he was selested to be part of the Paraclimbing team that tackled the Eiger!

You can watch his exploits in the video by Finalcrux Films.

“Defiance – The Eiger Paraclimb” is a film of the 2015 ascent of The West Flank route to the summit of The Eiger (3970m) in Switzerland by a group of 3 British Paraclimbers assisted by two mountaineers. Defiance – The Eiger Paraclimb

This August Jamie is heading forn the heights again as part of a team climbing the Matterhorn in Switzerland.

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