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Andy's Lunag Massif Trek

Andrew Williams is raising money for ShelterBox

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Lunag Massif Expedition 2011 · 30 September 2011

ShelterBox work to ensure that vulnerable families around the world have life-saving emergency shelter, and other essential tools and aid items, after disaster strikes. Be it an earthquake, flood, conflict or hurricane, we are there for those most in need.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. PLEASE, PLEASE sponsor me!</span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In October I will be lucky enough to join 7 fellow Informa employees to trek in the Himalaya of Nepal to a basecamp in </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c;">Lunag Massif (<a title="Big mountains" href="http://climbnepal.blogspot.com/2009/04/approach-and-lunag-massif-exploration.html" target="_blank">Think Everest with no one there</a>).&nbsp; <br /><br />On the trek we will accompany Steve </span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Holmes and Neil Philips who will continue, without us, to scale 4 massive peaks of the Lunag Massif which have never been climbed. It will be a groundbreaking expedition which I am privileged to be a part of. This trip will push us all physically, emotionally and mentally. <br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span><a title="The trip" href="http://verticalfever.co.uk/informalunagmassifexpedition2011.html" target="_blank">For more details click here</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span><br /><br />In light of the Japanese earthquake and the hardship it caused, I am aiming to raise as <a title="Shelter Box" href="http://www.shelterbox.org/about.php?page=9" target="_blank">much money as possible for ShelterBox</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: small;"> to support their current and future activities. They are an international disaster relief charity that delivers emergency shelter, warmth and dignity to people affected by disaster worldwide&nbsp;things we take for granted on a daily basis. <br /><br /></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="font-size: small;">To see the kind of support they provide here is a <a title="Shelterbox support video" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WOA5PU-mYY&amp;feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">great video to see where the money raised will be spent. <br /><br /></a></span><span style="font-size: small;">More than 1,500 ShelterBoxes were committed to help families in Japan -</span><a href="http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=639"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.shelterbox.org/news.php?id=639</span></a></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br />Each box costs &pound;590 so any donation would be a great help towards my target of 5 boxes. <br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="font-size: small;">So please support me, and the 7 other slightly insane friends who are attempting it with me - &nbsp;if you can!</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="font-size: small;">Andy x </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks for coming through to my page - PLEASE SPONSOR MY APPEAL</span></span></p>

Donation summary

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£3,070.00
+ £622.50 Gift Aid
Online
£3,070.00
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