After surviving leukaemia, Scott has raised more than £5 million for a number of charitable causes, through what he calls "alternative charity fundraising events", including the following: List of Lloyd Scott's Charity Challenges • April 1989: London Marathon – Just three weeks before life savingbone marrow transplant for leukaemia • April 1990: London Marathon – Less than a year after transplant to show there is 'life after leukaemia'. • October 1992: Snowdonia Marathon – Britain's toughest marathon • November 1993: Everest Marathon – Staged 18,000 feet up the world's highest peak • August 1995: Abseiled down a giant piece the size of Blackpool Tower • September 1995: Complete Olympic distance triathlon • March 1996: Firewalk over burning coals • April 1996: Completed London Marathon in polar expedition gear • May 1996: Sahara Marathon des Sables – 150-mile ultra marathon carrying all equipment. • Oct – Jan 96–97: Scott 2 the South Pole – Expedition to the South Pole • March 1997: 125-mile Devizes to Westminster canoe marathon • July 1997: Fastnet yacht race • September 1997: Climbed Kilimanjaro on a llama • July 1998: Completed 135-mile Death Valley ultra marathon in 140 degrees of heat • April 1999: Expedition to the North Pole. • Feb 2001: Climbed Mt Aconcagua, Argentina • October 2001: 168 km Jordan Desert Cup ultra marathon – dressed as Indiana Jones • April 2002: London Marathon in deep-sea diving suit – Taking 5 days, 8 hours, 29 mins and 46 seconds to complete • November 2002: New York City Marathon in deep-sea diving suit – again finishing on the sixth day • June 2003: Edinburgh Marathon in deep-sea diving suit – this time taking 6 days 4 hours, 30 mins and 56 seconds • August 2003: Completed the Marathon of Britain – 175-mile ultra marathon • September 2003: Completed Great North Run in deep-sea diving suit • October 2003: Completed the world's first underwater marathon in deep-sea diving suit in Loch Ness – taking 12 days • Feb 2004: First person to watch a film underwater, watching 'Finding Nemo' DVD in tank at the London Aquarium • July 2004: Sport Relief Challenge – walked to top of BT Tower London in deep-sea diving suit • Oct–Dec 2004: Cycled penny-farthing across Australia – Perth to Sydney, nearly 3,000 miles taking 50 days • May 2005: 'Swam' from John O'Groats to Land's End in swimming pool on back of a lorry, taking 12 days • September 2005: Completed Great North Run in Apollo 17 spacesuit on bouncy stilts • April 2006: Completed London Marathon as St George in 100 lb suit of armour, pulling 200 lb dragon, taking over eight days. Helped Sir Steve Redgrave break world fundraising record of £1.8 million • April 2007: Completed London Marathon as Indiana Jones – 'chased' 350 lb boulder around course • May 2007: Trekked the Inca trail to Machu Picchu • April 2008: London Marathon as Iron Giant – 9 feet tall robot, weighing 70 lbs, on stilts taking 6 days • April 2009: London Marathon as The Beatles in the Yellow Submarine • July – Sept 2009: Land's End to John O'Groats walk with life size tyrannosaurus rex – 'T-Rex Treks' taking 72 days, raising £175,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust • June 2010: World's deepest underground marathon, 12,000 feet down at bottom of world's deepest mine in, South Africa – severe heat and humidity over two miles underground • April – May 2011: Magic Marathon – dragged around London Marathon as Brian the Snail from the Magic Roundabout, taking 27 days • May – June 2012: Completed Diamond Jubilee Marathon in deep sea diving suit on behalf of The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, becoming the first person to complete London 2012 Olympic Marathon course. • May 2014: Completed the Maldon mud race in a diving suit.
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Scott has been injured during some of his events. For example, he injured his shoulder during the underwater marathon when he fell off a ledge while in the loch. After being awarded an MBE in 2005, Scott joked that the award should stand for "Mad, Bonkers and Eccentric".
