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My story

 
Apparently as you go into your 30s your stamina is increases. I dearly hope this is true, else things are not going to be pretty in two weeks time.

In a few weekends I'm doing a quadrathlon in Scotland
  • Swim - 1.5k (0.8 miles) across a loch
  • Run/Walk - taking in seven Munro's  (approx 24k or 15 miles)
  • Kayak - 11k (7 miles) back to the start (grrrr... why the START dammit?!)
  • Cycle - around Loch Tay 54k (34 miles)
That means travelling about 60 miles under our own steam, up down and round and round. That's SAS in the Falklands levels of hardcore.

This really is going to be the hardest thing I've ever done in one go, and needless to say I'm not doing it for fun. Well, not that much. The before and after might be fun but there's going to be about 13 hours of the doing it that isn't. So this email is just to try to get you to give MercyCorps some money.

MercyCorps (http://www.mercycorps.org.uk/) is actually doing some really good stuff, which ISN'T your normal run of the mill "save one poor kid" kind of economic squandering -- they're investing in carbon neutral job creation (eg solar panels in Bosnia and micro hydro-power in Colombia - http://www.mercycorps.org.uk/topics/environment) and microfinancing (http://www.mercycorps.org.uk/countries/indonesia/2481), which has got to be the #1 way of genuinely making a difference (I strongly recommend Banker to the Poor by Nobel Prize winner Mohammed Yunus, and Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins if you'd like a few remarkable reads why this is the case).

Go on, you've read this far you might as well. What's a tenner? It's about 2 drinks, right? Would you bet me two drinks to do this? Well there you go then. Worth it just to see the the stupid kid do something stupid. 

If you do donate - THANK YOU!

If you don't donate - seriously... 10 quid... that's... just think how much of a difference that can make to someone else who isn't you... ok example: I was in Buenos Aires a few months ago and £10 bought dinner and wine for 5 people. In the crappy countries money buys LOTS. All we're doing here is empowering YOUR £10 note. We're taking it from being a relatively crappy amount of money and turning it into the King of Everything, and giving it the powers to save the world. The £10 note that you once owned is going to save the world! Because YOU made it happen! EPIC!

we're proud of you cuz! Donation by All the Honeys 18/07/08  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Here's 10 quid, paid for in cheap USD :) Donation by John Hornbaker 15/07/08  

£10.00

Seems like pushing water uphill but its all in a good cause. Great expectations! Donation by Geoffrey Stuart Dowding 15/07/08  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

I know you're being a hero and everything, but don't be a wuss about the rain or the midges. The sun shines from within, etc :) Donation by Alice 11/07/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Ohhh, this is what you're doing!! hahaha, Cycle fast, Row slow, and Run like the wind. (pls note oxford comma there) Donation by Lucy 09/07/08  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck! Donation by Chloe Critchley 08/07/08  

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Give me a d..D, give me a o...O! You get the picture! x Donation by Kat Butter Fingers 01/07/08  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Banzai! Donation by Ben Saunders 01/07/08  

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Good luck you crazy bastard Donation by Simon C 01/07/08  

£15.00

Go bro! Donation by Sarah Dowding 30/06/08  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

well done everybody! Donation by Tom P 30/06/08  

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Yet again, you're making me look lazy! Good on ya, good luck! Donation by Richard Livsey 30/06/08  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Go forth and empower my tenner. Donation by Nardia 30/06/08  

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Good luck and all the best. Donation by Ali Norman 12/06/08  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

You are the change in action! x Donation by Sophie 10/06/08  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Go forth and conquer! xx Donation by Emma Serlin 05/06/08  

£10.00

Loch Tay, if the hills and weather don't get you, the locals will.... Looking forward to your invasi Donation by Michael Keillor 03/06/08  

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