Trans Andes 2013 - Gold Residential & expedition

Expedition Leaders: John Hegarty
Approximate dates: 16th July – 17th August 2013 Cost: £2500
To mountain bike a series of high mountain trails
To climb several High Andean Peaks
To canoe the upper reaches of the Amazon
To live on the beaches of the Pacific Coast
To cross the Valley of the Volcanoes

This expedition will apply for D of E Gold Expedition status. If you want to take part in D of E Gold award please ask the expedition leader for current status.

Expedition Leaders: Martyn Hastings
Approximate dates: July - August 2013 tbc
Trekking on Mt Kenya.
Community projects with health centre, local schools, needy families. Organising fun day for 17 schools in Murugi location.

Joint Services Mountain Expedition Leader with 31 years experience. Leader of 21 previous expeditions to Kenya. Duke of Edinburgh’s Award assessor. Martyn was awarded an MBE in the 2011 New Years honours list for his work with the D of E Award in the UK and Kenya.

This expedition will apply for D of E Gold Expedition status. If you want to take part in D of E Gold award please ask the expedition leader for current status.

Expedition Leaders: Naomi Dodds
Approximate dates: 1 - 22 August 2012
Aim: To carry out research at high altitude and to summit some of the Andes
highest peaks.
Objectives:
• To conduct publishable research on the effect of hypoxia at high altitude
on the human body.
• To summit various acclimatisation peaks near Putre and Parinacota.
• To climb Sajama (6542m), Bolivia’s highest peak.
Cost: £1800
For application details and contact information please download full details (button on left)

Watch video of Dorset/Murugi Community Links

Expedition Leader: Martyn Hastings
Martyn Hastings have received the MBE for his charitable work in Kenya.
The Dorset/Murugi link was set up in 1999 by Martyn Hastings(UK) and the late Joseph Timothy Komenjoe (Kenya). Initially the intention was just to provide an affordable Health Centre for the local people, but over the years the links between Dorset and Murugi Location have strengthened. Now, by working together, further projects have been undertaken

The Dorset/Murugi link is affiliated to the Dorset Expeditionary Society and each year groups of students, teachers and other adults go out to Murugi Location to help with the ongoing projects. This may involve assisting with building and maintenance, IT and visiting schools and needy families.
The visitors become involved in the community - they work, socialise and have fun with the locals and thereby come to appreciate their way of life.

Murugi location is four hours drive from Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. It is at the foothills of Mount Kenya near Chogoria.
Email for details   Read more www.dorsetexp.org.uk/kenya

Okhle Village Trust was set up in 2003 by Richard Backwell MBE, a retired teacher and expedition leader, and is coordinated by Nepali trek guide Bimal Gurung. The Trust runs a variety of projects in a cluster of villages in the Mahabharat hills of Northern Nepal. Its aim is to contribute funds, expertise and manpower to enriching the remote communities it enjoys close ties with, in both a sustainable and ethical way. The Nepal 2009 Expedition led by Clive Burgess (VP) won YET BS8848 Approval.

Projects to date have focused on water supplies, access roads, education and social development; ongoing projects include:
Raipali High Lift Clean Water Hand-Pump SchemeImprovements to Okhle Village Buffalo TrackBayapani Health Clinic Water ProjectKot Guan Sewing ProjectTeachers and resources in primary and secondary schools

To take part in a Nepal Expedition contact the Okhle Village Trust at www.okhle.org.uk or email Richard rtbackwellathotmail.co.uk

Bimal Gurung also runs trips and has his own website. Visit him at www.adventureguidenepal.com

Next expedition: December 2011