Stratford teenager’s 200 foot abseil down side of hotel raises £2,200
ARCHIE Parsons is on a high and he’s every right to be having raised £2,200 for Birmingham Children’s Hospital with a 200 foot abseil down the side of a hotel in Birmingham city centre.
The ten minute abseil, saw 14-year-old Archie from Stratford descend 17 storeys from the Holiday Inn Express with Joe his abseiling coach, and he was cheered on by his mum, Rosie, his dad, Steve and his sister, Evie, 12, plus proud grandparents and additional family members and friends.
“He surprised all of us,” Rosie told the Herald. “We were up on the roof of the hotel to wave him off and then had to race down to greet him when he finished the abseil.
He absolutely smashed the abseil and Archie’s one of the top fundraisers for this year’s event for Birmingham Children’s Hospital. It was an adrenaline fuelled day - great stuff - and his school friends were very impressed with what he’s achieved. We are obviously very proud of him. I’m keeping quiet about his next adventure – he’ll probably want to do a sky dive or something like that, knowing Archie.”
Archie has been a patient at Birmingham Children’s Hospital since he was two and is living with a rare disease which has resulted in neuro degeneration and is now a wheelchair user.
Rosie, glowingly describes her son as “brilliant with a loving and caring nature and a cheeky sense of humour” and he wanted to help others by raising £1,500 for the children’s hospital but he raised a far higher total than that which means Archie is now….. on top of the world.
