The Hike Itself:
• 24th November to 3rd December 2001.
• Participants: 68 from around Scotland plus 2 from Maggie's Centre.
• Distance covered: 140 km over 5 full days & 2 half days (around 20 km/day).
• Walked in 4 groups of about 16 with 2 guides per group (one from Britain & one local) plus 2 doctors on rotation.
• Daytime temperature: 30-40 deg Celsius.
• Personal injuries: none.
• Injuries to others: plenty (millions of blisters, heat exhaustion, dehydration, sun-burn, inflammed achillies and even groin cramps!!!).
• Serious casualities: none.
• Slept in tents, ate fantastic food, only carried a day pack consisting of first-aid kit, camera, 3-litres of water and sweeties. Our main pack was transported around from camp to camp.
• Money raised personally: £2725.
• Total money raised after expenses: £125,000. Thank you very much.
How the money was raised:
• A sponsored dare. I wore a bikini for an evening at a cocktail/beach party (£135 raised - thanks Claire)
• A very successful cake sale (£200 in 1 hour of frantic sales)
• A (very generous) £135 donation from Sir Philip Cohen
• £50 from Upstate Discovery/Argonex
• £100 Fisher Scientific
• £50 Bio-Rad
• A second cake sale yesterday (23rd July)
• A ‘Salsa Night' at Raffles Bar, Perth road (about £350 raised)
• A Pub Crawl selling tickets for the "Grand Raffle" (£100 approx worth of tickets sold).
• The Grand Raffle (about £350 raised).
• Garland Cafe loose change collection (£80 raised).
• School of Life Sciences Golf tournament collection (£60 raised. Thank you Calum).
• Charity football tournament
• Many, many more personal donations of various sizes (£520 raised. Thank you all)
A BIG thank you to everyone who has helped to raise so much!
• 24th November to 3rd December 2001.
• Participants: 68 from around Scotland plus 2 from Maggie's Centre.
• Distance covered: 140 km over 5 full days & 2 half days (around 20 km/day).
• Walked in 4 groups of about 16 with 2 guides per group (one from Britain & one local) plus 2 doctors on rotation.
• Daytime temperature: 30-40 deg Celsius.
• Personal injuries: none.
• Injuries to others: plenty (millions of blisters, heat exhaustion, dehydration, sun-burn, inflammed achillies and even groin cramps!!!).
• Serious casualities: none.
• Slept in tents, ate fantastic food, only carried a day pack consisting of first-aid kit, camera, 3-litres of water and sweeties. Our main pack was transported around from camp to camp.
• Money raised personally: £2725.
• Total money raised after expenses: £125,000. Thank you very much.
How the money was raised:
• A sponsored dare. I wore a bikini for an evening at a cocktail/beach party (£135 raised - thanks Claire)
• A very successful cake sale (£200 in 1 hour of frantic sales)
• A (very generous) £135 donation from Sir Philip Cohen
• £50 from Upstate Discovery/Argonex
• £100 Fisher Scientific
• £50 Bio-Rad
• A second cake sale yesterday (23rd July)
• A ‘Salsa Night' at Raffles Bar, Perth road (about £350 raised)
• A Pub Crawl selling tickets for the "Grand Raffle" (£100 approx worth of tickets sold).
• The Grand Raffle (about £350 raised).
• Garland Cafe loose change collection (£80 raised).
• School of Life Sciences Golf tournament collection (£60 raised. Thank you Calum).
• Charity football tournament
• Many, many more personal donations of various sizes (£520 raised. Thank you all)
A BIG thank you to everyone who has helped to raise so much!