MCE set out to climb Jebel Toubkal, at 4167m the highest point in North Africa, in an ambitious mountaineering expedition. The group of 16 pupils and 3 adults had trained together for 9 months, including the Pyramids Marathon 10km race and an intensive expedition medicine course.

Internal flight cancellations caused them to lose an acclimatisation day, making their task harder; despite this they got the expedition back on track and spent a sleepless night at 3200m in the Neltner Refuge. The summit day bid saw 4 pupils, unfortunately, descend from 3700m with Acute Mountain Sickness, brought on by the rapid ascent. After 6 hours of hard climbing, the team summited before beginning an equally tough and dangerous descent. The group returned to the Neltner Refuge exhausted, elated and successful!