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Ross and Miles's Winter Survival Challenge

Ross Higgs is raising money for Asthma + Lung UK
“Ross and Miles's Winter Survival Challenge”

on 9 January 2012

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<p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Thank you&nbsp;for taking the time to look at our page.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Who are we?</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">We&rsquo;re both Firefighters based in Berkshire We carried out a similar challenge in the summer months a couple of years ago, but building on that we want to try a winter version!</span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">What is the challenge?</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Our aim is <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>to try to survive the wilds of Britain for five days with minimal kit between 16 and 20 January.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">You may well be thinking what can be hard about that? &nbsp;I know I did when this idea came about. The more I looked into it I realised that it wasn't what we&nbsp;are taking but more what we are leaving behind!</span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">What we are allowed:</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">One 24 hour ration pack (ex army,minus the matches) An axe (or folding hand saw, that&rsquo;ll be personal preference), Knife and a metal&nbsp;cooking tin&nbsp;each . That is really all!</span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">What is not allowed:</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Tents,sleeping bags/mats, matches, lighter, flints, fishing gear, snares, rope, plastic, fire lighters, extra food, torches, spare&nbsp;clothes&nbsp;or any thing else which might make life a bit more comfortable.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">We will hopefully make a weather resistant shelter from natural materials and light a fire using friction (rubbing two sticks together).&nbsp;We will live off the land and rely on our knowledge of edible plants etc to keep us 'fed'.&nbsp;Our water will have to be sourced from&nbsp;streams (if we're very lucky), or failing that from still&nbsp;water pools/digging&nbsp;down to the water table (no spades remember).&nbsp;&nbsp;If any of these fail we are going to be very uncomfortable as well as hungry.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Please do donate on our page&nbsp;all proceeds going to The British Lung Foundation.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail or ring me.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Many thanks,</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Ross and Miles</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p> <p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</p> <p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </p>

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