Thomas Otter is fundraising for War Child

tapping the echo chamber

Mount Ventoux

on 01/10/2006

a hill indeed.

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Team members:

Sig, Thomas, Hamish, and hopefully more.

Raising money for

War Child

Charity Registration No. 1071659

War Child is an international child protection agency that works with the most marginalised children - child soldiers, street kids and children in prison - in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. War Child believes it is unacceptable that children continue to be victims of war. In the last decade alone 1.5 million children have died in wars. Four million have been disabled and a further 10 million traumatised. We provide vital, on the ground support programmes in each of the conflict zones we work in but also lobby politicians and governments to ensure our cause and the rights of children affected by war remains high on the public and political agendas. This approach allows us to ensure every pound we receive goes as far as possible - not only to the crucial projects in the field, but to ensuring children caught up in conflict, no matter where they may be, have a chance to be protected. We work where other agencies do not, reaching the most at risk children in the most dangerous war zones and your support means we can continue to do so. War Child looks forward to a world in which war is not prosecuted on children.

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Thomas Otter

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Raised: 78%

Target: £2,000.00
Raised so far: £1,555.00

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My story

Riding up Mont Ventoux is something that most avid cyclists think about doing. We figured we would combine this with a good cause. We also thought that it would be a good test of the power of the social web. Blog readers of the world, unite and donate, and if you like come along for the ride too. (actually even if you have no idea about blogs, still donate....)

some stats from wikipedia...

South from Bédoin: 22 km over 1610 m. This is the most famous and difficult ascent. The road to the summit has an average gradient of 7.6%. Until Saint-Estève, the climb is easy, but the 16 remaining kilometres have an average gradient of 10%. The last kilometres have strong, violent winds. The ride takes 2-3 hours for trained amateur individuals, and professionals can ride it in 1-1.5 hours. The fastest time so far recorded has been that of Iban Mayo in the individual climbing time trial of the 2004 Dauphiné Libéré: 55' 51". The time was measured from Bédoin for the first time in the 1958 Tour de France, in which Charly Gaul was the fastest at 1h 2' 9".

Our trip up the famed hill will be documented and blogged and so on by some a,b,c and d-list blogging types. More details to follow as this thing develops. also please see our wiki at www.thehughpage.com.

We decided on this charity before the current middle east war, but the events have meant that supporting this cause is somehow more urgent and relevant....

	You the new Lance Armstrong Donation by James Hart 17/11/06	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Donation by anonymous 21/10/06	£100.00
	look forward to hearing the tale Donation by ramana rao 02/10/06	£50.00
	Hope You All Had a Blast, I will be there next year! Donation by Hamish 01/10/06	£150.00
	may the tailwind be with you... Donation by rainer schmidt 29/09/06	£100.00
	Donation by mcrofton 22/09/06	£10.00
	Donation by Beth Schwartz 21/09/06	£20.00
	Donation by Charlie Wood 20/09/06	£25.00
	Donation by Jeff Nolan 20/09/06	£50.00
	Good luck guys! Donation by catherine Helzerman 20/09/06	£20.00
	Donation by alix davenport 19/09/06	£100.00
	Good luck Sig and Thomas. Donation by Tebbo 19/09/06	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Changing the world through cycling? Brilliant! :-) Donation by John Pollard 18/09/06	£50.00
	Sig - go fast - good luck Donation by Claire Trigger 03/09/06	£20.00
	Had a grade 6 hangover when I rode it, hope you enjoy it!! Donation by George Oertel 30/08/06	£50.00
	dig deep Donation by monkchips 04/08/06	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	All the best Thomas! Donation by Nishi Prakash 24/07/06	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Go 4 it Donation by Jan B Nordhagen 24/07/06	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Go for it Thomas Donation by CARL CONN 18/07/06	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Piece of cake! Bonne chance! Donation by Conor Gallagher 06/07/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Thomas you are mad! but good luck Donation by Claire Broughton 04/07/06	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	good luck, Thomas ...and pay attention ...the HR community needs you! Donation by Dieter Scheuermann 02/07/06	£50.00
	Pitty i'm buy that day, would have loved to be there! Donation by Phillip Booth 30/06/06	£50.00
	Combining sport and recreation with a worthy charity -Fantastic! Donation by Steve Weir 30/06/06	£100.00
	For a better life of the children...great idea! Donation by Wolfgang Dick 29/06/06	£30.00
	Great idea! Have fun and good luck! Donation by Sabrina Dick 29/06/06	£30.00
	Excellent cause!! Best of luck!! Donation by Sunny Patel 27/06/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	For a man of your stature, this will be a piece of cake. Good luck. Donation by John Matthews 23/06/06	£20.00
	You have renewed my faith on our shared humanity and insanity! GOod luck! Donation by Cheryl 22/06/06	£20.00
	remember your sunscreen Donation by Karen Heatwole 22/06/06	£20.00

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* Total raised online:	£1,555.00
Offline donations:	£0.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£118.46

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