Mr Blisset said it had been “so rewarding” to know that his fundraising efforts, which started months before the trek and included coffee mornings and quizzes, had contributed to the “lifesaving care delivered every day” at the hospital.
“I arrived at Alder Hey needing a miracle to have a chance at life, and the staff there gave me that, they saved me.
“This was my way to say thank you.
“The whole experience has been once in a lifetime, and then some”, he added