We would also like to thank the Wilderness Lectures for their support. Each year they hold their annual Wilderness Award which is a "cash award made to a UK resident over the age of 18 who intends to travel overseas, returning before 31st January of the following year, to undertake an unusual and adventurous objective in a geographically remote wilderness area." (source: www.wildernesslectures.com).
Previous recipients of the Award have been for all sorts of expeditions/trips, such as last year's winner, Felicity Aston and Jenny Pugh for their uber-long traverse of Lake Baikal using ski's, kites and crampons or Rob Eavis' caving expedition to the White Mountain of Crete. To learn more about the Award and the Wilderness Lectures itself, please visit their website (see above).
In return for their support we will be giving a talk on the 17th Febuary 2010 (yes, a long way away, but time moves fast!) on our trip. Let's hope it all goes to plan and if it doesn't, I expect we will have a lot of interesting things to talk about - that is if it doesn't concern contracting Hepatitis A ; ). Please see their website for their additional talks/lectures.
