Monday, May 10, 2010
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Sunday, May 9, 2010
Lukla Airport
So this is a video worth watching if you are interested in the landing at Lukla airpot. This is apparently the highlight of the trip for some and the low point for others!! There is only one runway, at 527 metres or 1,729 ft. long. While that is quite a short runway what makes takeoff and landing there much more interesting is that at the end of the runway is a 700 metre or 2,000 ft cliff drop into the valley below, granting it the title of the most dangerous airport in the world!
Childreach International Update
Please check out the Childreach Newsletter packed with information about the work that Childreach is already doing as well as the work which they are planning on expanding!
Childreach recently met with some of Nepal's top ministers in order to discuss child rights with some of Childreach's volunteers in the country. This was a particularly exciting meeting because it allowed Childreach to finally open a permanent office in Katmandu, allowing Childreach to do more work than ever before. Please learn more here:
http://www.childreach.org.uk/newsletters/april2010.html
Childreach recently met with some of Nepal's top ministers in order to discuss child rights with some of Childreach's volunteers in the country. This was a particularly exciting meeting because it allowed Childreach to finally open a permanent office in Katmandu, allowing Childreach to do more work than ever before. Please learn more here:
http://www.childreach.org.uk/newsletters/april2010.html
Final Meeting
As school begins to wind down here, with our exams beginning next week we had our last team meeting before we meet again to go Nepal this past week. I learnt some more details of the trip which I would like to share with you all. I will be leaving on September 2nd from London, flying to Dehli and arriving in Nepal on the 3rd. When we arrive we have two days in Katmandu, where will be visiting at least two Childreach projects. One project which we may visit is Dhulikhel Hospital, which provides medical treatment as well as outreach programs to rural areas and schools and mother and child health camps which have helped 2,500 mothers and children to date.
On our 2nd day in Nepal we will try and fly from Katmandu to Lukla, the 'airport' from which we begin our trek. I will post a video in a little bit of Lukla airport and the type of plane we will be using to get there. The airport is surrounded by quite tricky terrain making it impossible to fly in even slightly bad weather so we have several contingency days, which we (fingers crossed) hopefully will not have to use! From our 5th to our 16th days we will be trekking both up to the base camp and back down to Lukla. By the 11th day we will have hopefully reached the base camp! It takes longer to go up than to come back down due to the altitude. We have some days where we do not gain much in terms of height however it is useful in terms of acclimatization. We heard some scary things about altitude sickness or acute mountain sickness during our team meeting, so fingers crossed our whole team gets lucky and no one suffers!!! Hopefully by the 21st we will be back in Katmandu and on the 22nd of September I will be back in London and heading back to University!!! Just wanted to keep you all updated with what's going on!
On our 2nd day in Nepal we will try and fly from Katmandu to Lukla, the 'airport' from which we begin our trek. I will post a video in a little bit of Lukla airport and the type of plane we will be using to get there. The airport is surrounded by quite tricky terrain making it impossible to fly in even slightly bad weather so we have several contingency days, which we (fingers crossed) hopefully will not have to use! From our 5th to our 16th days we will be trekking both up to the base camp and back down to Lukla. By the 11th day we will have hopefully reached the base camp! It takes longer to go up than to come back down due to the altitude. We have some days where we do not gain much in terms of height however it is useful in terms of acclimatization. We heard some scary things about altitude sickness or acute mountain sickness during our team meeting, so fingers crossed our whole team gets lucky and no one suffers!!! Hopefully by the 21st we will be back in Katmandu and on the 22nd of September I will be back in London and heading back to University!!! Just wanted to keep you all updated with what's going on!
£1000!!!
I've now raised over £1000 pounds, which is so amazing. Everyone's generosity has been so overwhelming and I hope you all know how much it means to me. I'm now almost halfway to my final goal of £2200, which I have to reach by July 2nd so I am by no means done fundraising!! I would like to extend my deepest thanks to Auntie Shelia, Mr. Lozier, The MacMahon Family, The O'Loughlin Family, Caroline Smith, Linda Larner, The Kantha Family, The Baressi Family, Noel Crawford, Ann Hill, The MacMaster Family, The Wiseman Family, The Beaman Family and the Bogdanski Family.
I think I may need get a bigger t-shirt soon for all of the names!!
I think I may need get a bigger t-shirt soon for all of the names!!
Apologies!!
I know I haven't updated in a while and I would like to apologize for that! Blogger, the site which hosts this blog, has changed over systems and therefore I had some problems logging on!! After getting in touch with them I have, fingers crossed, fixed the situation so hopefully there will be lots of updates in the near future!
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