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First Morecambe Fan to reach the roof of Africa?

PostPosted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:10 pm
by North Stand Shrimp
Should make a great picture for Shrimpscene!

http://www.justgiving.com/paulisclimbing

Re: First Morecambe Shirt to reach the roof of Africa?

PostPosted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:27 am
by P/T Indie
Have you gone mad :shock:

Great local charity your doing it for good luck

Re: First Morecambe Shirt to reach the roof of Africa?

PostPosted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:39 am
by George Dawes
ive made a donation



i envy you, ive been looking at doing it myself for a while now, apparently it takes 4 days up 3 days down, and the view when you see the sunrise you can see the planet going in that round shape if you know what i mean



i use to go to the lake district a lot, ive done a lot of them peaks and coincidently i was working half way up helvellyn this week at a mountain rescue post near glenridding ullswater, and was tempted to walk to the top instead of work :lol:

Re: First Morecambe Shirt to reach the roof of Africa?

PostPosted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:25 am
by North Stand Shrimp
:lol:
P/T Indie wrote:Have you gone mad :shock:

Great local charity your doing it for good luck


yep! :lol: I've always wanted to do it and seeing the celebs doing it for comic relief last year made me realise that I was well capable, If Chris Moyles can get his arse up there then I certainly can!

Re: First Morecambe Shirt to reach the roof of Africa?

PostPosted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:39 am
by North Stand Shrimp
DawZi wrote:ive made a donation

Cheers mate! :D
I envy you, ive been looking at doing it myself for a while now, apparently it takes 4 days up 3 days down

Thats about right, the day you go for the summit, you get up at midnight and get to the top for around mid morning! 13-15 hours walking that day!! :o
and the view when you see the sunrise you can see the planet going in that round shape if you know what i mean

Yeah, I believe you can quite clearly see the curvature of the earth ;)
I use to go to the lake district a lot, ive done a lot of them peaks and coincidently i was working half way up helvellyn this week at a mountain rescue post near glenridding ullswater, and was tempted to walk to the top instead of work :lol:

I used to do a hell of a lot of walking in the lakes, it became a bit of an obsession, bagging as many of Wainwrights walks/peaks as I could. Helvellyn is one of my favourite, there's nothing quite like walking along striding edge.

Re: First Morecambe Shirt to reach the roof of Africa?

PostPosted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:17 pm
by North Stand Shrimp
Looks like the justgiving site that I linked to at the start of the thread is undergoing some maintenance at the moment. But in the mean time, here's a clip of my expedition being planned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oGrPkK_pu4

Re: First Morecambe Shirt to reach the roof of Africa?

PostPosted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:05 pm
by George Dawes
this link is funnier by Monty Python -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K8_jgiNqUc

:lol: :lol:

Re: First Morecambe Shirt to reach the roof of Africa?

PostPosted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:19 pm
by Lloydie
Your'e mental :lol:

You still up for the team GNR as that only be a few weeks before?

Anyway if you fancy some training, Me, P/T Indie and some mates are climbing Scarfell Pike a week today if you fancy it?

Re: First Morecambe Shirt to reach the roof of Africa?

PostPosted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:59 am
by North Stand Shrimp
Lloydie wrote:Your'e mental :lol:

You still up for the team GNR as that only be a few weeks before?

Anyway if you fancy some training, Me, P/T Indie and some mates are climbing Scarfell Pike a week today if you fancy it?


Unfortunately I go on the 16th and the GNR is the 18th! I know my justgiving page says the 26th, but it's a miss type and I haven't worked out how to change it yet.

Count me in for Scafell Pike, which route are we doing?

Re: First Morecambe Shirt to reach the roof of Africa?

PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:21 pm
by badger
GOOD LUCK SON.

Re: First Morecambe Fan to reach the roof of Africa?

PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:40 pm
by North Stand Shrimp
Just added a few more events for my fundraising year in aid of CancerCare. :D

As well as the Kilimanjaro climb next Sept and The Edinburgh Marathon in May, I am now also doing the Lancaster half marathon next Sunday, the Trimpell 20 mile race next March, the Manchester 10km in May and the Cross bay half marathon in August! :?

With the BBC's childrens in need coming up, please remember this great local charity that helps many children with their battle against cancer.

Re: First Morecambe Fan to reach the roof of Africa?

PostPosted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 4:41 pm
by North Stand Shrimp
Well, I completed the first of my challenges on Sunday Morning, running the Lancaster Half Marathon in a time of 1hr 43mins, 10 minutes faster than my Great North Run effort! :D

Next up is the Trimpell 20 mile race in march.

All of this is in aid of CancerCare and I would be extremely grateful if you could visit my just giving page and show your support with a donation. :D

Many thanks.

Paul.