Everest 2007 Expedition Blog

You simply must attend Explore if you are planning an overseas expedition.

Explore is the place to find inspiration, contacts and practical advice for successful expeditions or research projects. Lectures, workshops and exhibits cover planning projects in variety of environments and research disciplines.

I’ll be there, sharing my experiences in the Arctic and the Himalaya.

I am delighted to announce that the winner of the Base Camp Club Prize Draw is Kurt Chen. Kurt was an MBA student at London Business School with Ben and Omar. He is now living in Taiwan.

Congratulations Kurt, and thanks again to Mountain Hardwear for sponsoring this wonderful prize, a softshell Synchro Jacket.

During a recent visit to her family home in Pembrokeshire Tori was invited to two receptions; one hosted by Pembrokeshire County Council and the other by Haverfordwest Mayor’s Office. Tori received the first ever High Sheriff’s Award presented in the UK to mark her outstanding achievements and was also made an ambassador for Girlguiding UK. The photograph below shows Dai Davies, High Sheriff of Dyfed, presenting Tori with her Award.

Following her success on Everest Tori has been appointed an ambassador for the national ‘Girls! Make Your Mark’ campaign. Girls! Make Your Mark encourages more young women to have ideas and make them happen – either through running their own business or social enterprise or by making an idea happen at work.

For more information visit: http://www.makeyourmark.org.uk/campaigns/womens_enterprise/girls_make_your_mark

Here are some links to videos which we have uploaded onto YouTube:

Training

Cho Oyu Expedition

Everest Icefall

Everest compendium (created by Tom Stephens)

It was a lovely day, the sun shone despite days of rain beforehand, and Ben and Omar breathed a huge sigh of relief that not only had they managed to climb Everest, but get their MBAs too. Congratulations.

On Sunday 24th June, at 1430, Tori & Ben will be speaking at the Cardiff Outdoor Action Show. The event will be taking place in Cardiff Bay and more information can be found at http://www.cardiff-festival.com/coas_e1.htm.

Come along and hear about their experiences, see some of their video footage and get the chance to try on the down suits which they wore to the summit.

Having only arrived into Gatwick at 7am yesterday morning, Tori made her way to Cardiff where she then attended a dinner at the Wales Millennium Centre, hosted by Cardiff Business Club in aid of the Prince’s Trust Cymru. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall were at the event and the Prince congratulated Tori on her achievement in his pre-dinner speech.

Ben and Tori arrived at Gatwick airport on Tuesday morning and are safely back with their families and starting to recover.

To everyone that came along to our farewell party

Thanks for such a great send off last night. We are all really appreciative of your support and it was really nice to see so many friends.

Tori, Ben, Greg & Omar