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Raised so far
| Total Raised online: | £1,307.40 |
| Total Raised offline: | £0.00 |
| Fundraising target: | £3,000.00 |
| Name | Amount |
| RJ7 Expeditions... | £1,200.00 |
| Georgina May | £25.00 |
| elaine fieldhou... | £72.40 |
| Stewart Le Coui... | £10.00 |
Pilgrim Bandits (Operation Sno ...
Hello and Welcome from Sarah Paws Dawson
Operation Snowcap
Thank you for visiting my fundraising page and supporting this challenge with the Pilgrim Bandits! Those of you that know me will know that I'm not the fittest person in the world and get out of breath using the stairs! However, one thing I can do having been a dog walker for 3 years is walk! Earlier in the year I 'unofficially' completed the London marathon supporting Pilgrim Bandits Patron, and my fiancé, John Sandford-Hart and carried his spare leg 26miles across London.. I can honestly say that was a tough day but the recovery was far worse! Perhaps it was that personal achievement of pushing myself beyond what I thought were my boundaries or perhaps it was understanding the importance of what Pilgrim Bandits do for the injured service men and women and their mental and physical recovery from difficulties that so many people think they would never survive, never mind with a sense of humour still intact! But now I am determined to reach the summit of Kilimanjaro on a 10 day expedition with 7 days climbing the mountain with a team of other awesome fundraisers AND 5 amputees to raise money for these injured men who have given their all.
So, I can hear you saying to yourself, mountain, walking.. What’s so hard about that if you're a walker? Well, for one I am still growing my toe nails back from the marathon and it will be the longest I have ever had to be parted from my dogs! But, that aside Kili is the highest free standing volcano in the world and the highest mountain in Africa which will take me 19,340 feet above sea level. Acute mountain sickness or "AMS" is a serious medical condition brought on by travelling too quickly to altitude, and/or performing physical exercise at altitude when unacclimatised. Climbing mountains at high altitude is a dangerous undertaking and people die each year attempting to climb Kilimanjaro. The weather on Mount Kilimanjaro can vary from very hot to extremely cold within the same day. At the base of the mountain, the average temperature is around 21 to 27 degrees Celsius. At the summit, Uhuru Point, the night time temperatures can range between 0 and -30 degrees. The monies raised from this and all Pilgrims fundraising is channelled back into taking injured members on adventure and confidence building expeditions. They maybe injured but that is no reason to stop trying to achieve, many injured servicemen with their confidence regained go onto achieving far more than they may have before being injured. They don't want sympathy (which is good because we don't do sympathy) just the chance to prove to themselves that they are still exceptional people. Please give as much, or as little, as you can comfortably afford for those who have given a lot and I will endeavour to take lots of pics along the way! Remember! - If you are a UK taxpayer and give Gift Aid consent you will boost your donation at no extra cost to yourself.
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Operation Snowcap Team
About Pilgrim Bandits (Operation Snowcap)
The attempt in Feb 2012 to get Amputee and Injured servicemen to the top of Kilimanjaro
We started up around 5 years ago made up of ex Special Forces members and mates playing the odd round of golf. Some of these members were used to being called Pilgrims from their Regiment days, the added name Bandits came when four of the members playing in a competition at the New Forest Golf Club won everything and the home members asked them to leave as there handicaps were false and they were golfing bandits, hence the name “Pilgrim Bandits”. However, now we are made up from invited guests and challengers that have raised sponsorship and completed one of our challenges. The charities we've helped to date include Julia Perks Foundation, Teenage Cancer Trust, Special Air Service Regiment Association,and Help for Heroes. In 2010 we became recognised by the Charity Commission as a Charity in our own right. Being a charity will allow us to support many of our amputees and local veterans, plus smaller forces projects. We also hope to be able to fund research and development into Prosthetics for our wounded
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