quick_spider Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 My brother in-law is climbing Mount Everest in aid of Comic Relief in a bid to put the first Red Nose on the summit. His aim is to get 1 million people to donate a £1 each to raise 1 million pounds for Comic Relief - His campaign website is everestmillion.com. He's been out in Nepal for around 7 weeks now (in addition to the 2 1/2 years preparation!) and leaves from Everest Base Camp this evening to make the journey to the summit. You can see videos/pictures of his journey so far and there will be media updates along the final climb including several live broadcasts into the BBC News channel along with updates & videos onto his website/livestream/twitter. I know the media side sounds fairly run of the mill, but there are no internet cafes or free wifi out there! All the content is being beamed by satellite (He's carrying around an extra 10kg in comms gear over other climbers) Please help him out by following his journey and donating a cheeky pound to Comic Relief (Text "Nose70 £1" to 70070 to text donate or go to everestmillion.com) /Shameless plugging! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arw_86 Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Can I be nosey? How did all this come about? I think its amazing but don't know how people even start thinking about such an incredible journey. Would love to know the story behind it all and his 2.5 years of training etc. Also always wondered do people who do this use donated money to pay for the actual trip? So if he raises a million and the trip and everythong costs 30k has he really raosed 970k? Sorry, just really interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quick_spider Posted May 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 His video from today explains the story of how it came about - I've failed to embed it (HTML etc... isn't my strong point!) so here's the link: Linkage All the money raised goes to Comic Relief - the costs of the expedition have been met by a mixture of Daniel and his sponsors (HTC, Rab, Inmarsat, Livestream, Jagged Globe among others!) Can I be nosey? How did all this come about? I think its amazing but don't know how people even start thinking about such an incredible journey. Would love to know the story behind it all and his 2.5 years of training etc. Also always wondered do people who do this use donated money to pay for the actual trip? So if he raises a million and the trip and everythong costs 30k has he really raosed 970k? Sorry, just really interested Done! Thanks! Much appreciated - spread the word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Shared this topic on Facebook so hopefully one or two of my mates at least will donate! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack1987 Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 Mines in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quick_spider Posted May 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 Thanks for your donations guys. He's at Camp 2 now: He'll be moving from Camp 2 to Camp 3 later tonight (morning for him!) and will be broadcasting live from Camp 3 on the BBC News Channel around 12:20pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 Uk time I assume, will have a look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quick_spider Posted May 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 Uk time I assume, will have a look! Yes - although it gets a bit confusing when he talks about time in his videos as the time difference is something like 4 3/4 hours! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quick_spider Posted May 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Daniel summited last night/early this morning - live interview on the BBC:http://new.livestream.com/everestmillion/live/videos/19184342 Incredible stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 Sweet! You can see how much he was struggling for breath, even with oxygen. Really interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quick_spider Posted May 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 Sweet! You can see how much he was struggling for breath, even with oxygen. Really interesting! He should be back in the UK later in the week - tonight is his last night in a tent! Whilst he was at base camp he did a Vo2max which was pretty interesting when compared to the one he did in the UK at near enough sea level - http://new.livestream.com/everestmillion/live/videos/17324717 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 Awesome. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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