Over the weekend of 18 - 19 November I will be participating in Hong Kong Trailwalker, aiming to walk 100 kilometres across the mountains of the New Territories in Hong Kong in around 24 hours without a break. The trail rises and falls the height of Everest. It's a team event and mine includes my husband, Alastair (chief bag carrier), as well as two close friends, Julian Johnson (assistant bag carrier) and Fraser White (tea-maker). Training is proving to be a challenge for Julian in particular. He lives in Qatar and his hill preparation consists of walking up and down the 219 floors of the Shell Centre in Doha; now that's real dedication!
What was originally a Gurkha training exercise has become a major fund-raising event for Oxfam and our goal is to raise as much money for this charity as we can. The alleviation of poverty around the world is a worthy cause and recent events such as the food crisis in East Africa as well as a repeat of last year's catastrophic floods in Pakistan serve to emphasise this.
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