I DID IT!
Huge thanks to everyone who supported my Husky Sled Challenge in aid of Mencap. I just got back from northern Norway where, together with 10 other volunteers, I sledded 124 miles (200km) across the icy wilderness of the Arctic Circle.
The journey took in frozen lakes, magical forests, the Northern Lights, 45-degree declines, 90-degree bends and temperatures as low as minus 25. My team of four huskies
– Ninja, Shakira, Gregor and Kuzco
– were part of a pack of 64 dogs headed by local guide (and ex Norwegian special forces commando) Per Thora. This is the kind of guy who, when asked how he sleeps during the Arctic summer, when daylight can last for 24 hours, replies: "I close my eyes."
Collectively we raised more than £25,000 for Mencap. The money will be spent on projects here in Northern Ireland, including the Changing Places campaign and a new campaign designed to give people with a learning disability more of a social life.
Raised so far: £3,754.50
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Mush! Mush! Donation by Stuart Bailie on 26/01/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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I demand lots of photos. They'll be all white of course but still. Donation by Daithi McGibbon on 20/01/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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I'll make it £30 if you don't come back! Donation by EPK on 16/01/09 |
£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid |
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good luck Donation by Remaderyan on 15/01/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Don't eat yellow snow ;0) Donation by Jane Reilly on 15/01/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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I hope the huskies don't eat you! Donation by Karen Smyth on 15/01/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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in the firing line of huskie poo for a week? good luck Donation by Michael Johnson on 14/01/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Good luck! Don't come back! Only Joking. Seriously, don't. But do! (don't) Donation by Roger Herbert on 14/01/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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May your icey grave treat you well Donation by Eamonn & Colleen on 13/01/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Snowbliiiind me! Best of luck Doc J Donation by Denis on 13/01/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
| * Total raised online: | £890.00 |
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| Offline donations: | £2,864.50 |
| Mobile donations: | £0.00 |
| Total Raised: | £3,754.50 |
| Gift Aid plus supplement: | £203.08 |
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