Ming-Lai Tsang is fundraising for The Eve Appeal

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Everest Base Camp April 2009

on 08/04/2009

Me at Everest Base Camp!!

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Raising money for

The Eve Appeal

Charity Registration No. 1091708

The Eve Appeal was set up to save women's lives by funding groundbreaking research into gynaecological cancers. Our current focus is to develop effective methods of prediction, detection, treatment and care of ovarian cancer.

This world-leading research is complicated and challenging, but the ambition is simple: to identify techniques that could halve deaths from ovarian cancer.

It is a huge undertaking, but with your support we are sure that we can achieve this.

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Ming-Lai Tsang

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Raised: 117%

Target: £5,000.00
Raised so far: £5,844.43

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My story

Thank you enormously to everyone that has visited this site and made your pledges.

For those of you that I have not spoken to, I had a FAB time and the trek is something I won’t forget in a big way – the scenery out there is just amazing as you will see. It was tough on some days but we all stayed strong, focused and plodded along.

Funnily enough, Gorak Shep to Base Camp was not as tough as I had anticipated. It was rather the days before that I personally found were pretty tougher, e.g. Cho La pass was something. After scrabbling up this, we then found ourselves going from rocks to a glacier and then was ‘skiing’ or rather falling down. It was my least favourite day.

Myself and my fellow trekkers (13 of us in total) all made Base Camp with our four excellent sherpas who constantly kept our spirits high even when we all took it in turns to fall ill. Our lead sherpa was Lakhpa and we were very fortunate to meet his Dad - Mr Tenzing Sherpa who himself accompanied Tenzing and Hillary on their ’53 summit.

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The highlights were the magnificent views, in particular the spectacular views from Gokyo Ri and Kala Patter; meeting the local people and having an insight into their lives and of course reaching our goal - base camp after 13 days.

The low points for me was the altitude sickness which is too horrible to even describe; squat toilets (do I need to say more...?!).

Thank you once again for all your kind words, your encouragement and pledges. At last tally, I have raised monies of £5.8k so well over my 5k target for the Eve Appeal. Obviously, I wouldn’t have been able to do it without all you kind hearted bods so thank you again.

More on The Eve Appeal: http://www.eveappeal.org.uk/RVEd0e5faa0b17442b9974e722feef5cd04,,.aspx

THANK YOU AGAIN XX

	Buena Suerte! Donation by Yeni M. 02/06/09	£31.00
	What an amazing lady you are and for such a great cause xx Donation by Yvonne 29/05/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Saleem 15/05/09	£37.00 + £10.44 Gift Aid
	Good Luck Ming Donation by George A 20/04/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Keep on stepping! A glass of bubbly with your name on it when you get back! Donation by ALK 07/04/09	£60.00 + £16.92 Gift Aid
	Jim claimed the yaks had cellphones can you check? Donation by DW 07/04/09	£100.00
	Good luck! Looking forward to hearing about the experience!! Donation by Kay C Hope 07/04/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Once you have conquered that peak too - what's next? Donation by Themos 06/04/09	£37.00 + £10.44 Gift Aid
	I enjoyed my Kili climb a lot, but this is a different league. All the best! Donation by Lars 06/04/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good Luck Ming! What an amazing experience & effort for a good cause. Take care x Donation by Sarah 30/03/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good luck and enjoy this fantastic moment! Donation by Gérald 26/03/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Good luck and have a wonderful time - wish I was coming too! Donation by Jayne 26/03/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	enjoy! Donation by Erik 25/03/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Best of luck, I wish I was doing it with you! Donation by Irene 24/03/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	good luck Ming enjoy the climb. Donation by mina 23/03/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well done! It'll be an amazing trip! Good luck! Donation by Jo 23/03/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Keep your big smile, all the BEST. Go enjoy and keep going, you will be fine xx Donation by L&M 19/03/09	£500.00 + £141.03 Gift Aid
	Good luck Ming! Donation by Avinash Kaza 14/03/09	£75.00
	good luck Ming Donation by riccardo 11/03/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Enjoy the climb! Donation by Ashok 04/03/09	£40.00
	Donation by anonymous 03/03/09	£2.00 + £0.56 Gift Aid
	Have fun Ming. Looking forward to hearing all about it.... Donation by Loretta 03/03/09	£35.00 + £9.87 Gift Aid
	Good Luck. What a wonderful cause.. Donation by Stuart Kasdin 27/02/09	£50.00
	Good luck - enjoy the experience. Looking forward to seeing the photos Donation by LB 19/02/09	£35.00 + £9.87 Gift Aid
	Good luck! Donation by Jonathan 16/02/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Fortune favours the brave - good luck, Ming! Donation by Anna 12/02/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Best of luck Ming! Donation by Julia K 12/02/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good luck Ming! Donation by Nadia 11/02/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Go for it Ming!! I'll give you a big kiss when you get back!! Donation by andy B 10/02/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	How adventurous! I'm envious! but I know you'll make it no matter what! Donation by Linda 05/02/09	£10.00

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* Total raised online:	£2,683.00
Offline donations:	£3,161.43
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£636.59

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