IN JULY 2010, A GREAT ADVENTURE BEGINS.
WHERE AND WHEN* IT ENDS IS IN THE LAP OF THE GODS. (*although we do hope
it'll be sometime in September, and in Mongolia at least...)
ALL WE KNOW IS: ONLY THE PENITENT MAN WILL PASS; IN LATIN, JEHOVAH
BEGINS WITH AN 'I', AND IT REQUIRES A LEAP OF FAITH FROM THE LION'S HEAD.
THAT'S RIGHT. INDY AND MARION ARE BACK! (and this time, without the
dodgy alien-skull-powered spaceship somewhere in the Andes...)
From the flat, wet fens of summertime Cambridge to the deserts of
autumnal Ulaan Baatar.
GO BETWEEN THEM!? ARE YOU CRAZY!??
THIS IS THE MONGOL RALLY 2010. And we will endeavour to drive between
them - via Berlin?
PROBABLY. Via Iran?
CERTAINLY. Via Other Strange and Extreme
Places which As Yet Remain Nameless?
ABSOLUTELY. I say 'endeavour' because it
is more than likely that our Ford Fiesta/converted ambulance/motorbike and
sidecar will break down, be unfixable and we will have to buy horses to
continue. That's all part of the 10,000km of fun, right?
But this is no ordinary MONGOL RALLY. This is a crack-team of two
thirsty for adventure, unbelievably reckless archaeologists with a quest to
save the
LAST SAKER FALCON. (or at least, to highlight its dramatic decline in
the Central Asian breeding grounds -
see
http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3619&m=1 for
details.
AND WE NEED YOUR HELP! The Mongol Rally will be the adventure of a
lifetime. To do it, we need to raise £1000 for the
CYPPD - Children and
Young People's Protection and Development (via AFD UK), and ANOTHER £1000 to
support the amazing work of
BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL (see our other JustGiving page at
http://www.justgiving.com/thelastsakerfalcon).
Please give all you can to help us to reach that goal - and to support
people and wildlife:
TODAY BIRDS, TOMORROW MEN. Watch the epic, dusty, dangerous adventure unfold here:
http://mongolrally10.theadventurists.com/index.php?mode=teamwebsites&name=indiana-jones-and-the-last-saker-falcon,
from tentative experiments with mechanics and Russian lessons to the rancid yak-milk alcohol-fuelled party in Ulaan Baatar.
Thank you so much - we really, really
appreciate it! JustGiving
is simple, fast and totally secure - your details remain safe, they
don't contact you or sell your name to anyone else. Once you donate,
they'll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid
is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it's the
most efficient way to donate - we raise more, and save time and money
for the charity.So PLEASE! DIG DEEP AND DONATE NOW!!
