Alasdair Clift from Wirral, Merseyside began his "Tube Challenge" at 5:15am on August 1 and completed it shortly before midnight on the same day.
Traveling with him was his father, Richard Clift, who said that it was a very hot day and they were sweaty and extremely tired.
Still time to donate to Ally's fantastic fundraising effort for @bloodwise_uk https://t.co/QXKPAZBaJZ #wheresAlly https://t.co/E0mkU4ukp2
— SSAT (@ssat) 3 August 2016
On Alasdair's (Ally) Just Giving Page, he describes his motives behind undertaking the challenge: his brother was diagnosed with the condition and received chemotherapy, which made him very unwell.
After four months of treatment he went into remission and in June 2014 he was given the all clear. However, in July 2014 he relapsed and in October of that year, after going through a bone marrow transplant, he was away from home for a month. This was a difficult time for the family but then worse news followed when unfortunately in March 2016 the cancer took over and he passed away.
Ally decided to travel the tube as he is a keen fan of the London Underground with all proceeds going to Bloodwise a charity that helps patients like Alasdair's brother.
"I decided to do a Tube Challenge in which I travel to all London underground stations in a day starting at Chesham station at 05:15am and finishing at Heathrow Terminal 5 at 00:09am the next day. I hoped to raise $133 or more," Alasdair told Sputnik.
However, Ally exceeded his expectations and has raised 158 percent over his target.
Over 30K! His original target was…£100 :-) #wheresAlly pic.twitter.com/CNxlbkUp3a
— Michael Clift (@MDClift) 2 August 2016
"We've gone way past my expectations, so I have to update my target almost every day now! Thank you all so much!" Alasdair said on his Just Giving page.
Catriona Taylor, Regional Manager at Bloodwise, says that what has been achieved is amazing and takes lot of strength and determination.
"Ally is a remarkable young man with such determination to honour his brother's memory. The public have really taken his story to their hearts and been very generous in their donations, and we are so proud of his efforts in raising such an incredible amount to enable us to improve the lives of patients with blood cancer," Ms Taylor told Sputnik.
Alasdair was allowed to ride in the front cab for the first two journeys of the day and was given a certificate recognizing his achievement from Mark Wild, the managing director of London Underground, at Southwark station.
