Jerry’s Insulin Challenges
JIC's (Jerry's Insulin Challenge) are a series of extreme mountain and road bike challenges that Jerry organises each year to raise money for children and young people with type 1 diabetes in impoverished conditions. The majority of JIC's have been to raise money for Action4Diabetes (A4D). A4D is the charity that Jerry co-founded, and whose aim is to save and transform lives. A4D is focused on providing medical care and support to disadvantaged young people with Type 1 Diabetes (T1DM) in South East Asia. T1DM strikes indiscriminately and if untreated is fatal. In South East Asia, children still die every year because they do not have access to essential medication and support. But A4D is trying to change this! Since its foundation in 2015, A4D has expanded to provide over 600 young people with free access to insulin and blood glucose testing equipment across seven different counties in SE Asia. A4D works with in-country clinics and hospitals, and has a variety of different programs to help children with T1DM, their caregivers and Health Care Professionals. For further details check out the A4D dedicated website. Jerry does JIC's every year and for updates on his latest challenges check out this page on Facebook.
Total Raised: €561,200
2004: Cerro Torre - Patagonia – The Compressor Route with Kenton Cool.
2006: “Gondwanaland” - Madagascar - Africa's hardest Big Wall – 900m., Fr. 7c.
2008: “Eternal Flame” – Trango Tower (6,286m.), Pakistan Himalaya. Monies raised: €5,500
2009-11: The Ecrins XS Challenge - the hardest alpine rock walls, Southern French Alps.
First British Ascents of:
– Unchi Maka (450m. ABO Fr.8a) – SW Face of Sialouze (3,575m.)
– Pavé Dans La Mare (350m. ABO Fr.7b) – S Face of Pavé Peak (3,824m.)
- Wakantanka (240m. ABO Fr.7c) - East Face of Sialouze (3,575m.)
– Directe de Gauche (1100m. ED3 Fr.7a) - N Face of Olan (3,564m.)
– Mitchka (800m, 7a+), Grand Pic de la Meije (3982m)
– Emi Ali Leti Pauli (350m. Fr. 7b, 7a oblig. ABO), Massif Des Cerces, GB FA
N.B. These routes represent the hardest alpine rock walls in the Southern French Alps.
Monies raised: €6,000
2012: The Northern Alps’ 3 hardest walls –– Divine Providence (1500m. ED4, Fr. 7c), Pilier D’Angle, Mt Blanc (France)
– Le Chant Du Cygne (900m. Fr. 7b), North Face of Eiger (Switzerland)
– Tempi Moderni (1300m. Fr. 7a) in a day, South Face of Marmolada (Italy)
Monies raised: €11,000
2013: The Matterhorn Bipolar Challenge - Hörnli ridge – 1220m. vertical climb with Roy Arscott
Monies raised: €1,700
2013: “Wall of Paine”; New route on South Tower of Paine, Patagonia, Chile - the largest unclimbed wall in South America. N.B.
Monies raised: €16,000
2014: The Mt Blanc Challenge – To take young diabetics and non-diabetics up the highest mountain in Europe.
Monies raised: €27,500
2015: The Eiger North Face Speed Ascent: 7.56hrs with Calum Musket – UK Record - April 22, 2015.
Monies raised: €45,000
2015: Le Grand Boucle - the first successful traverse of the entire Ecrins Massif on road bikes inside 24 hours. 340Km in distance, 8,900m. of ascent in 21.56 hrs. 3 riders completed the tour: Jerry Gore, Dave Pegler and Wout Van Hoof.
Monies raised: €9,500
2016: La GRAnD – Cycle challenge across the French Alps. Lake Geneva to Nice – 770Km in distance, 17,5000m. of ascent all in 6 days.
Monies raised: €48,000
2017: The Italian Job – Cycle challenge across the Italian Alps – 740Km in distance.
Monies raised: €33,500
2018: Sea2Summit Challenge – after breaking his neck in 2017 training for this 24-hr. combined road bike and mountain climb (250Km + 7,901m. altitude), Jerry spent 8 months rehabilitating, then 4 months training. Total event time: 21.56hrs. 1st successful challenge.
Monies raised: €115,000
2019: The Italian Job 2 – A4D cycle challenge – 22 cyclists – 14,600Km + 257,676m. of ascent in 7 days.
Monies raised: €65,000
2020: Mission4Type1 ASIA Challenge: Zuellig Pharma and A4D – 1,919 participants - 39,604Km total distance covered.
Monies raised: €82,500
2021: K2 (8,611m.) Insulin Challenge – I reached Camp 3 (7,300m.) during the acclimatisation phase on Broad Peak (8,051m.). On my attempt on K2 in July, the death of my climbing partner Rick Allen in an avalanche, forced descent. Monies raised: €32,000
2021: North Face of The Piz Badile (3,308m.) – in September I guided Peter Wilson, less than 10 months after Peter's quadruple heart bypass operation, up the 900m. Cassin Route - one of the six great alpine north faces. Monies raised: €21,000
2022: Insulin360 – Traversée des Hautes-Alpes – 360Km and 13,400m elevation on MTB. Raised: €17,000
2022: Costa Rica Coast2Coast cycle challenge: 253Km and 5,436m elevation in 27hrs 42 minutes. Raised: €5,000
2023: RideUkraine 2023 – cycled 3,200Km from London to Kyiv to raise awareness about children with T1D in Ukraine and to unite the diabetes community across Europe to show support and solidarity for people with diabetes in Ukraine. Partners: Direct Relief, The International Diabetes Federation and IDF Europe. Raised: € 20,000
