Everest Base Camp 2013 announces first sponsor…

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

The Everest Base Camp 2013 Expedition Team are pleased to announce our first corporate sponsor: The Angus Moore International financial Group Ltd.

The company is one of the leaders in Wealth Management and Investment Consulting services. Founded in 2000, as one of the earliest independent financial consulting companies, Angus Moore is a member of the Professional Insurance Brokers Association, and it is regulated by the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, which enables it to provide high quality professional services and a variety of financial products.

Angus Moore is focused on macro economic analyses, and actively explores the investment opportunities in emerging markets including Mainland China. In order to provide extraordinary financial service to each valued client, Angus Moore carefully tailors investment proposals for individual clients. For the last few years, Angus Moore has been keen on exploring the Mainland China market, covering the Pearl River Delta, the Yangtze River Delta, the Bohai Economic Rim and Western China. Branches in Canton, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Beijing were created to better capture the investment opportunities.

We are exceptionally pleased to have them onboard and thank them for the assistance that they are giving us.

www.amgroup.com.hk

If you would like to sponsor this expedition please contact David Watkins (d.watkins@oratory.co.uk)

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Everest Base Camp 2013 support Child Action Nepal

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

The Everest Base Camp Expedition Team are proud to announce their support of Child Action Nepal. Established in 2003, Child Action Nepal, raises money to support orphanages in Nepal of relatively small size (20 to 25 children maximum) with the aim of providing a family atmosphere for the children. The Trust seeks to ensure that those orphanages that it supports provide high quality education and healthcare.
The trust’s first project was The Rhodedendron Children’s Home, in Nepalese Laliguraas Baal Uddhyaan (LBU), situated in the Kathmandu Valley. LBU1 was established in 2002 by former investment banker Florence Krief who had volunteered at an orphanage in the Nepalese capital and was so shocked by its corruption and conditions she decided to found her own. LBU1 is home to 10 boys and 10 girls, mostly teenagers. Two years ago, LBU2 opened and houses 16 children, eight boys and eight girls, aged from four years upwards.

The team will announce their fundraising plans soon and will provide links to our just giving site so that you can support this. We are very excited that we have the opportunity to visit the orphanage when we arrive in Kathmandu before our trek.

More information can be found at: www.childactionnepal.org.uk

A video on the charity can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpmIJNgiw8A

Or you can link to their facebook page via ours at: www.facebook.com/everestbasecamp2013

(Please ‘like’ our growing Facebook page when you are there!)

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Everest Base Camp 2013 Launched on Facebook – April Update

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

Everest Base Camp 2013 Launched on Facebook

You can now follow and support our expedition on Facebook. Launched at the start of last month our Facebook page has attracted a wide audience and has more regular updates than the blog. In addition to providing details of our venture we will be giving fundraising and expedition advice to our followers. There has already been one giveaway of a copy of Mortal Chaos by Matt Dickinson. A second copy will be given away once we reach 211 likes. If you use Facebook please come and ‘like’ us to show your support.

www.facebook.com/everestbasecamp2013

Planning steps up a gear.

Our expedition is now under a year away! The team are meeting on a weekly basis to train and discuss fundraising ideas. Watch this space for future events…

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February Update – Talk/Logo Launch

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

Everest and Beyond

The O.S.M.S. presents ‘Everest and Beyond’ a talk by Matt Dickinson on Wednesday the 29th of February. All parents, boys and staff are welcome. The event will take place in the Black room at 7pm. Please contact Mr. Watkins to reserve your place. More details can be found in the January archive post.

Team Logo Launched

The expedition now has a striking team logo designed by Dan Goldsworthy. Dan is an exceptionally talented architect and musician, who designs logos and creates CD album artwork for big metal/rock bands in his very limited free time. Dan has kindly donated his time to create this logo for the team. The team is very grateful and looks forward to using it in a variety of contexts. Watch this space…

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Happy New Year! 2012 Update 1.

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

2012 is already shaping up to be a big year for the team as the training and fundraising steps into gear. The blog had attracted a lot of interest: it has now had over 1000 views of the front page. Thank you to all those that have signed up. Please share the link so that we get even more followers.

Team Update

The team have been very busy over the Christmas holidays. Mr. Watkins successfully summited Mt. Toubkal, the highest mountain in North Africa (4167m), in an unsupported winter tandem expedition. Whilst there he was testing out a new product for the company Muc-Off (hopefully more on this soon). Mr. Poynter headed for the warmth of Portugal for some surfing. Justin spent the holidays horse riding at home in Jamaica. August, Ollie, Alex and Mr. Watkins all choose to go skiing in Austria whilst Ed opted for Switzerland instead. The boys also did lots of revision for their forthcoming public examinations

‘Mimicking Masters’ Calendar 2012 (supporting Help for Heroes)

Ed Hiscox (Expedition Team Member) and his friend have produced a 2012 Calendar based on Master’s at the school. Ed is selling the calendar as part of the young enterprise programme. The money raised will go towards Help for Heroes.

The calendar features both expedition staff, Mr. Watkins and Mr. Poynter. The calendar is available from Ed for £8.50. Limited edition prints will follow. Please contact Ed at the school if you wish to purchase one. Please support this innovative and well executed idea.

 ‘Everest and Beyond’ A Talk by Matt Dickinson

The O.S.M.S. presents ‘Everest and Beyond’ a talk by Matt Dickinson on Wednesday the 29th of February. Matt Dickinson is a writer and film maker with an enduring (and occasionally dangerous) fascination for people who push the limits. As a film maker he has worked extensively for National Geographic Television, the Discovery Channel and the BBC and is one of the very few director/cameramen who have ever filmed on the summit of Mount Everest.

The bestselling account of his ascent of Everest’s deadly North Face was published as The Death Zone in the UK, and The Other Side of Everest in the US. Matt’s writing credits also include two novels: High Risk and Black Ice, both published by Random House (UK) and in numerous foreign editions. The first in his adrenaline-fuelled series for teens, Mortal Chaos, will be published by OUP in March 2012.

Please save the date for this exciting evening talk. Further details of this event will follow shortly.

Happy New Year! – The Oratory School Everest Base Camp 2013 Expedition Team

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Hello world!

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

Welcome to the Oratory School Mountaineering Society Nepal/Everest Base Camp 2013 Expedition Blog.

The Blog will document our journey to reach Base Camp. The expedition is being run with Outlook Expeditions

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