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Nikki Helm is raising money for Blood Cancer UK
“Nikki Helm's fundraising”

on 14 June 2011

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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;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #333399; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In September this year I and 21 colleagues are attempting to cycle the Tibetan Plateaus <strong>from Shigatse to Kathmandu via Everest base camp.</strong> This amazing adventure will take me over 4 major passes over 5000m, including the Gyatso&nbsp;La pass, which at over <strong>17,000ft is the highest road pass on the planet&nbsp;</strong>and traverse a distance of 500km over the <strong>Himalayas.</strong></span><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></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="line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #333399; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></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="line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #333399; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We&nbsp;will experience altitude at 5253m,&nbsp;with temperatures between +15 to -20 celsius, <strong>cycle under the north face of Everest and up to base camp</strong> which will be a truly unforgettable experience and finally the world's longest downhill ride as&nbsp;we descend from the Tibetan plateau into Nepal.</span><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></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="line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #333399; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></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="line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #333399; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This is a rare opportunity to discover the support, encouragement and willpower of a team determined to achieve this charity adventure and <strong>raise lots of money for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research</strong>.</span><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></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="line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #333399; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></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;"><strong><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #333399; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I hope that my&nbsp;positive attitude and sheer determination&nbsp;will inspire and help the team keep in high spirits as we cycle more than 500km with some of the best views in the world.</span></strong><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">Please dig deep and support me!</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">Thank you so very much xx</span></strong></p>

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