Visit Calcutta and see the work that HOPE does .The 17- Sunday the 19 of September.

Sept 17-19th. Killarney Arrive Friday in there own time, training starts at 9am Saturday morning, finishes 3pm Sunday.

VISIT TO CALCUTTA:

The date that suites most people who want to /can go is leaving Mon the 30 of August returning Sat the 4th of Sept, we will have four days in Calcutta (I can make it 3 day if need be) .If you can let me know if you Once the 2 training weekend is confirmed I will book the flights for Calcutta

FUNDRAISING CAMPAGINS RUNNING WITH THE EVEREST CHALLENGE:

The fundraising aim for the challenge is €150k!!!!

We need to build a new girls home that can be home to up to 60 girls, it will also house a small income generating Restaurant and Boutique. The building will have six floors in total and will cost approx € 450 our aim is to raise enough to fund the building of two floors.

This is why we are doing it, to help the children

HOW?

THE FLAGS The Expedition Hope Everest Flag (the one we used at the photo shoot)

We will be asking people all of Ireland / (the world), school, business, clubs everyone to give a donation to sign the flag (we will have lots of flags). We can bring them to the school. Office for signing and it can be done on line. And then we will bring them to Base camp and beyond with us! We will put the flags up in bases camp and if we can Island Peak .We will fly those flags for the children …. What a sight that will be!

I hope we can get thousands of people to sign the flag and come to Everest t with us

EVERYSTEP COUNTS:

We are asking Gyms, walking; groups group everyone….to come on board and be part of the team. Along with the Everest & beyond Expedition Team and take part in the Every Step Counts

We want each gym/ club / person to climb to Everest Base Camp and beyond with you our climbers. Each personality will climb approximately 100, 000 step up and 100,000 steps down!! And that’s only to Base camp. People can climb by themselves, in a group or in a team. Each person will be given a sponsorship card.

We have our fist Gym on board Total Fitness (thanks Teena)

MOBILE PHONE MOUNTAIN

We want to build a Mobil Mountain our own Everest! , We want people to donate their mobile phone and make mountain. Base camp the outdoor clothing store have offered to do it in their store which is central and can be viewed easily. They will also have the option of sending them in the post.

I would like to have one or two more people on the team so if anyone, know some one who would like to help the children. A take part in this challenge please let me know. I have been asked see if we can get a singer and a chief!!!

Once again thank you so much for being part of this great team I look forward to climbing…… with you all. Together we can make a difference

What was I going to paint when I went deep into the caves, The honest answer
is I didn’t know, but I was confident that once I was there, my surroundings
would speak to me, and they did.

Its amazing to enter into a cave with my canvas and all the gear, barely
squeezing through the opening and then crawling through two feet high
ceilings only to arrive into the most amazing World of space as high as a
cathedral and as low as a flattened building.

I set up my easel beside the most incredible ice sculptures that nature had
created and with an audience of black silence I painted without thought of
what I was doing. As I worked I began to understand why I was here. I
realized that nature was telling me that deep down in the veins of our inner
being, lies a fire that needs to be born.

“THE FIRE WITHIN” belongs to us all. And I truly believe that within each of
us lies a fire that wishes to be ignited. We only use a fraction of our
capabilities and I wonder what would happen if we where able to shrug off
the  fear of failure and tackle our dreams with the knowledge that if we
want to, we can, whatever that may be.

Thank you to Iceland, its people and landscape for the knowledge I gained
through my journey and I look forward to expanding this collection inspired
by the raw power and fire that erupts from the earth’s surface.