We would like to thank the British Mountaineering Council for supporting our expedition. We were one of the grateful recipients of the BMC's annual expedition award/grant, along with nine other teams that are headed out to other curious and far-flung places such as Greenland, Russia, the Yukon and Kyrgyzstan.
In case you're interested, here is the exerpt from the BMC's Expedition Award page concerning our trip:
"One of the more unusual trips supported is Steve Beckwith's and Matthew Traver's attempt on the unclimbed South West Pillar of the Dragon's Horns on Malaysia's Tioman Island. The Welsh-based pair was awarded £400 and plan to climb in July-August. The only other established climb on the island was put up in 1999 on the South Face: reaching the base of the c500m granite pillar to the left, which will involve trail breaking through dense jungle, is likely to prove one of the cruxes." Source: http://www.thebmc.co.uk/Feature.aspx?id=3083 - well worth a read to see what everyone else is up to.
It seems all are off to cooler climes, except for ourselves as we roast our pale, sun-starved skin in the unrelenting tropical sun and drown in the humidity - maybe they've got it right?
Please visit http://www.thebmc.co.uk/ for further information on the organisation itself.
