My name is Katie Walter; I am 16 years old, 17 in September. This Christmas I will be walking to the South Pole to raise money and awareness for my two charities Dyslexia Action and Nott's & Linc’s Air Ambulance.
In completing this expedition I will be the youngest to walk the final 112 miles to the South Pole. I will be walking this distance while pulling a Pulk (sledge) weighing 40Kg. The temperature will be between -25 Degrees and -45 Degrees.
I am not only doing this expedition for charity but to prove that young people can do amazing things. There is a lot of bad press about young people and I hope to change people’s minds about my generation by completing this expedition.
My main sponsors are Baillie Gifford and they had supported me both financially and helping me with the media side of this expedition. I am very grateful for there help and continued support.
My leader for this expedition is Mike Thornewill. Mike has been to the South Pole on many occasions and, with his wife Fiona, they were the first married couple to reach both poles.
My expedition costs £29,500 which has been raised through sponsorship from friends but mainly businesses. I have raised £1,000 purely for charity as well. I hope to raise another £1,000 via my two Just Giving pages (there is another page for Linc’s & Nott’s Air Ambulance)
Thank you once again.
Katie Walter
PS please visit my website for more information: www.southpole2009.co.uk
Or my facebook group: Katie to the South Pole 2009
UPDATE
6/8/09
Went to speak to my main sponsor’s PR company yesterday. We discussed many factors of my expedition including the possibility of media interest and future publicity. Great meeting and hopefully you will be seeing me soon in the national papers!!!
I have had my tyre test recently; this involved pulling a 58Kg tyre 1 kilometre on a countryside path. I am delighted to say I passed!!!
12/11/2009
It is now exactly four weeks until we go, I am very nervous but also extremely excited, all kit checks are done and I am as fit as I have ever been so lets hope I can keep it up.
I have set up a twitter page, the address is Katewalterxx (not very southpole ish I know), where I am posting more information.
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