<![CDATA[Steps2Everest News]]> <![CDATA[Live Expedition Updates From Nepal on Brooklands FM]]> Join the team live as they make their way to Everest base Camp!

The team will be giving updates live from Nepal on Brooklands FM from the 26th March through to end of thier expedition on the 16th April.

Rhys Morton the expedition organiser will call into the studio via satelite phone live from the Himalayas every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday between 12:15pm and 13:15 UK time.

To listen to the show with Graham Laycock and Ray Rainbow listen to the show live on air via the web at http://www.brooklandsfm.co.uk

]]> <![CDATA[Final Team Meeting Before Flying Out To Nepal]]> The team are now in final preperations before we set off to Nepal on the 23rd March.

We are having a final team meeting to be held at Woking Holiday Inn where the team will be finalising kit, going through visa details, emergency procedures and also what they will be doing once they arrive at the airport in Nepals capital Kathmandu.

This is an exciting time for the team and some are getting pre trip nerves, which is fully undertandable given the scale of the challenge the guys have taken on.

Nepal, especially Kathmandu can be an intimidating and an overwhelming place for anyone, let alone for the young team aged from 15 to 22, who are used to the luxuries of the western world.

The team depart on the 23rd March at 22:30 from Heathrow and will arrive in Nepal the following day at 17:50 Kathmandu time (11:35am London time)

Let the challenge begin...

]]> <![CDATA[Team Radio Interview On Brooklands FM]]> On the 9th February 2010 some of the guys on the youth expedition were invited onto the Brookland FM radio show to give a live on air interview about there forthcoming trip to Mount Everest base Camp.

In the interview was Alex O'Mally, Luke Warner, Tash Charity and team leader Rhys Morton speaking with Stu Edwards at Brooklands FM

You hear the interview with the team here http://www.brooklandsfm.co.uk/podcasts/steps2everest2010-02-09.mp3

Some of the guys were were very nervous before the show which was quite amusing.

]]> <![CDATA[Woking Hospice Launches Emergency Appeal]]> The Hospices in Woking and Weybridge are here today because in Woking the local community spent five years raising money for one to be built. In Weybridge the community fought hard to ensure that Sam Beare Hospice continued to offer a palliative care service to the people of North Surrey.

As demand for the expert specialist care provided reaches an all time high, the Hospices income has been hit by economic pressures way beyond their control.

Therefore on the 9th October 2009 they part suspended their day care facilities at both Hospices. All other care services have continued and they will still carry out procedures to day care patients such as blood transfusions and administering intravenous medication.

The Hospice launched an emergency appeal to raise £2.4million in 12 months. It is an enormous amount of money in very little time. The desperate reality is that they need to raise the first £600,000 by the end of December 2009 to ensure they do not have to suspend any more vital services and also safeguard other aspects their vital work.

The Steps2Everest team are helping the hospice in their emergency appeal and are working hard in their fundraising efforts.

]]> <![CDATA[Team Finalised and Confirmed]]> It's been a long time in the making but the Steps2Everest team has now been finalised and are already preparing for the expedition and fundraising for the charities.

The team consists of (alphabetical order) and can be viewed on the team page.

Aaron Dalchow - London
Alec Rahman-Jones - London
Alex O'Malley - Cranleigh
Cameron Waite - Woking
Luke Austin - Dorking
Luke Warner - Woking
Matthew Stansfield - Hersham
Natasha Charity - Staines
Robert Birks - Reading
Sophie Clark - Sunbury on Thames
Thomas Armstrong - Kingston Upon Thames

The team will be undergoing some strenuous training days before departure and will also be doing numerous fundraising events, including shaving their heads, doing The Grim Challenge, putting on music events, compiling business directory cards for local businesses and much more.

If you are a company and interested in sponsoring the team then please get in touch with Rhys Morton the expedition organiser on 07538 578976 or email info@steps2everest.co.uk

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