Steve’s Trek

Trekking for 6 long days the objective of our expedition; the summit of Pike Peak in the Everest region of the Nepalese Himalaya was made at 7.00 am on Thursday 14th May 2009. With views over Mount Everest this made the tough trek and mixed weather conditions all worthwhile.  Thank you to everyone who has helped in this incredible endevour, with your help I have raised nearly £10,000 for Unicef and as a group of trekkers we have raised a total of over £110,000 for the children of Nepal.

Take a look at my Trek Diary, link on the left for more details about the whole experience.

So whats next I hear you cry… Well plans are already afoot for a trek in the Sahara Desert next year, so watch this space!

As part of his recent television series “By Any Means” Charley Boorman, who joined Ewan McGregor on “Long Way Round” and “Long Way Down” visited a Unicef vaccination project in Nepal, which money raised here will go towards.  Charley’s visit highlighted the logistics and distances required to bring basic vaccinations to remote Nepalese villages.  Charley joined our group at Unicef’s offices to tell us about this project and prepare us for what to expect on the trek.

Unicef Charity 7-A-Side Football Tournament, 1st March 2009 at Hermitage Leisure Centre, Coalville, raised £320, see photos of this great afternoon on the right hand page link.

Thank you to all the Dad’s from Grace Dieu School, whose donations to Unicef totalled £105 on our pub and Thai curry evening in Loughborough.

Katie Parkin of Leicestershire kindly organised a dress down day for her company raising £32.00 for Unicef UK. Thank you to Katie and all her colleagues who participated for their support.

The Belper Arms Newton Burgoland kindly allowed us to raise donations at their firework display on 5th November and The Castle Coalville allowed us to place a collection tin on their bar, raising a combined total of over £100.  We would like to thank everyone who made a donation and the Belper Arms and The Castle for their support.

Check out the Charity Auction link to see our great night, which raised over £6,000, an incredible achievement by everyone who supported the event in so many ways.  Thank you for your support and joining in to make such great evening.

As I trek across the Himalayas in May I will be wearing a pedometer, kindly donated by www.pedometers.co.uk

See if you can guess the amount of steps I take, the winner wins a bottle of Champagne kindly donated by Martin Collins of Thringstone.

We politely request you make a minimum £1 donation when you make your guess at the number of steps I will be taking, you can do this by going to my make a donation page. Please send your guess to this website via the comments pages. If you want an idea of my journey, check out the route here on the site.

Also, anyone wanting to work out how many steps you think I will make, on my recent 8 hour hike up Snowden I took nearly 25,500 steps, although I’m not sure if the final 200 metre climb on hands and knees got counted!

Guests at the Charity Auction were invited to participate in this challenge, which has already raised £81.

Thanks for your support.

Steve

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Hi,

On 9th May 2009 I will be joining a group of volunteers on a 10 day trek in the Himalayan Mountains of Nepal on behalf of UNICEF to raise funds to support child vaccination and education projects in the region.

The trek will reach the summit of Pike Peak at just over 4000m in altitude, from where we should be able to view neighbouring Mount Everest.

Representing a physical challenge, requiring a lot of preparation; we will be travelling light across steep and rough terrain and camping in temperatures around -10 oC (a challenge in itself!). I am also aiming to raise a minimum of £3000 to support this much needed cause.  Any support you can give me towards this goal will be greatly appreciated and extremely well received by UNICEF to support the children of Nepal in need of basic health and education.

As I am covering all my own travel costs, ALL The money raised will directly benefit the children of Nepal.

In addition to any on-line support you may be able to contribute towards, I am also organising a Charity Auction, Dinner Dance on the 19th September 2008. So far we have been donated some amazing prizes (signed rugby and football memorabilia, Premiership Football tickets, flying and driving experiences to name a few of the prizes). For more info or to book tickets please send me a message, there are only limited tickets available so book early to avoid disappointment.

More details on my dedicated website www.stevestrek.co.uk where you can view updates of my progress and receive realtime pics and twitter from the trek itself.

UNICEF helps children receive the support, health care and education they need to survive the threats of childhood poverty - such as preventable disease or malnutrition - and grow up to become healthy adults. You can read more about their work on http://unicef.org.uk

Please help me get the ball rolling and make any generous contribution you can afford to this cause, its easy on-line, also please don’t forget to tick the gift aid box if you can, UNICEF receive an 30% donation if you do.  Thank you on my own and UNICEF’s behalf.

Best wishes Steve Brown