Arrived in Jordan
19th December 2005
We all arrived in Jordan safely last night and arrived very late at the Al Saraya hotel in Amman. The owner Fayez was extremely welcome and despite a few nodding heads we enjoyed a cup of tea and a chat until about 4am! It was a relief to get all the kit here safe and sound and without having to pay any excess baggage at all. Thank you Lufthansa! We've just set up the satellite link in order to update the webpage. If you're reading this then it's all working.
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Delayed Departure
12th December 2005
Unfortunately the EverestMax team have been delayed by a couple of days due to a hold up with their Iranian visas. However, the necessary paperwork has now been approved and the cycling team flies to Jordan on Sunday the 18th. Cycling should begin on Wednesday the 21st putting us a few days behind schedule which is not too serious. More disappointing news is that Tarka has had to withdraw from the cycling team due to illness. We wish him a speedy recovery and still hope to see him on the mountain in April.
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Kitted up for the cycle
10th December 2005
On Friday the team picked up their bicycles in Cheltenham. Dave Hemming, who works for Whyte Bikes, was putting the final stickers on the frames as we arrived and proceded to talk us through the different components, explaining not only why they had been chosen for our expedition but also how to fix them should the need arise. If you would like any more information about the bikes please click here to visit the Whyte Bikes sponsor page.
We also collected kit from Polaris who have kitted us out for the cycling phase of the expedition, click here for more details about the Polaris support. The shirts from Badger Rubgy arrived too, click here to see them.
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EVERESTMAX London launch
1st December 2005
Sotheby's very kindly hosted EVERESTMAX on the evening of Tuesday 29th November for their launch in London. It was very successful with well over 180 people in attendance. The team and their guests enjoyed Sotheby's hospitality, talking about the expedition and what it holds in store. Dominic Faulkner gave a 10 minute talk during the evening with the what, how and why of the expedition. It drew particular attention to the charitable aspect of the expedition, observing that while the devastating earthquake in Pakistan has fallen out of the British news there is still a colossal amount of work to be done there before peoples life's will return to some state of normality. For more information about the charity side of EVERESTMAX and how to offer support, please visit the charity and support us pages.
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Over £4000 raised at the EVERESTMAX Dinner
24th October 2005
On Saturday 150 people came to Cheltenham to listen to a fascinating talk by Jake Meyer. He spoke very modestly about his huge achievement in reaching the summit of Everest and returning safely. It gave a lot of food for thought, particularly for the team members and their families.
Spirits were high during the dinner and this rolled into the auction, which raised over £4000! In true madman style several of the team ran the Stroud half marathon the next day, Seb coming in first with a time of 1hr 30mins. Jamie arrived 9 mins later and Andre a minute after that berating his last minute decision to run it after a long night of snooker!
Many thanks to all those who helped to organise such a successful event and also to the Cheltenham College staff on duty that evening.
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Pauline Sanderson joins EVERESTMAX
9th October 2005
Pauline, from Glenmore Lodge, is joining the expedition for the duration. She has a huge amount of cycling and mountain experience and will be a real asset to the team. She is looking forward to the journey and also to returning home safely to a family that she holds very dear.
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Rowena Wright joins EVERESTMAX
2nd October 2005
Rowena Wright, a marine artist from Cowes, will be joining the EVERESTMAX team as part of the support crew. She will be sketching along the route and taking photos which she will use to produce masterpieces upon her return to the UK. Have a look at her website for more examples of her work.
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Vicki Parfitt forced to pull out of EVERESTMAX
17th September 2005
We are very sad to report that Vicki Parfitt will be unable to join the team on the expedition due to a knee injury. However, we are delighted that she will still take an active role in the expedition fulfilling the role of UK based support with her husband, John Parfitt. |
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Tarka L'Herpiniere joins EVERESTMAX
4th July 2005
Tarka L'Herpiniere is joining the climbing phase of the expedition. This will be part of his Primal Journey odyssey.
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Sarah Lyle joins EVERESTMAX
1st July 2005
Sarah Lyle who has just graduated from Cambridge will be joining the expedition for the duration. She hopes to play an active role in developing the educational potential of the website.
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Dom Faulkner to climb Cho Oyu
28th June 2005
Dom Faulkner will be heading for Cho Oyu, 8201m, (the world's sixth highest peak) in late August. A successful climb should provide some excellent experience of climbing at over 8000m.
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Vicki Parfitt joining the Jagged Globe expedition
26th June 2005
Vicki Parfitt is joining the Jagged Globe expedition to Muztag Ata in Chinese Tibet. The August expedition will tackle this demanding peak of 7546m.
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Bear Grylls at the EVERESTMAX launch
12th March 2005
Bear Grylls, who in 1998 became the youngest Briton ever to have climbed Everest, and return alive, gave a truly inspirational lecture at the launch of the EVERESTMAX expedition in the Assembly Hall at Cheltenham College Junior School. Bear wholeheartedly supports the expedition and said: “..what this team is about to try is truly amazing and I wish them every success..”
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