Monthly Archives: February 2012
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Harry’s Arctic Heroes gets airborne
February 27, 2012
Keen supporter of the charity, William Hall, spied the Harry’s Arctic Heroes documentary on the inflight entertainment for a Qantas flight to Sydney. William emailed: “Great to watch Harry’s Arctic Heroes again. It’s even better at altitude!” Maybe we’ll test your theory and send a DVD up with the team when they climb Everest in May. …
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Blog from Portes Du Soleil: Day 1
February 23, 2012
Walking With The Wounded’s Dan Majid is our very own roving reporter, and he is currently in France’s Portes Du Soleil in training for the Everest 2012 Expedition. Over the course of the training programme, he will be blogging for us. Here is his first report from the Alps. Portes Du Soleil Training Day 1 …
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8848 Online Everest Challenge
February 23, 2012
As our boys start their final training exercise, Walking With the Wounded founder Ed Parker has set a challenge to supporters of the expedition. The ’8848 Online Everest Challenge’ aims to raise £8,848 online as the team climb Everest’s 8848m from 27 March to 10-25 May. It will be a huge boost to the team to know …
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Great Day For Walking With The Wounded At Newbury Racecourse
February 20, 2012
It was a great day for the Walking With The Wounded team at Newbury Racecourse on Friday, when over 12,5000 people came to see the inaugural Betfair Supports Walking With The Wounded Handicap Hurdle, which was won by Richard Lee’s “Knock A Hand.” Following the race, Jaco Van Gass and Francis Atkinson, part of the …
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Walking With The Wounded At Newbury Racecourse Today!
February 15, 2012
After last week’s bitterly cold weather forced the postponement of our day at Newbury Racecourse, we are pleased to announce that the Walking With The Wounded Handicap race will be run this Friday instead! This is a bumper European card replacing last week’s Super Saturday – so there will be some top class racing on. …
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The Himalayas
February 14, 2012
The BBC have put up quite a bit of information about the Himalayas on their website recently. Click on the link here to find out more about the region that our intrepid Everest 2012 Expedition will be visiting.
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Rare Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch Whisky Sells for £44,000 at Charity Auction
February 13, 2012
The Glenfiddich Janet Sheed Roberts Reserve sold for £44,000 at an auction in London last night and every penny from the sale goes directly to the charities supported by Walking With The Wounded. Walking With The Wounded is a charity dedicated raising funds for the re-training and re-education of our injured servicemen and women. Glenfiddich …
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Everest 2012 Launch Video
February 12, 2012
Last year, Walking With The Wounded inspired people from all backgrounds, by taking four wounded servicemen to the Geographic North Pole. This year, the charity have set their sights even higher: to take five wounded servicemen to the 8,848m summit of Mount Everest. Climbing Everest is one of the world’s toughest challenges. To succeed, the climbers …
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Expedition Patron Prince Harry Meets The Everest 2012 Team
February 11, 2012
Unless you had your radio, Facebook, telephone and TV turned off all day, you will know that the Walking With The Wounded Everest 2012 Expedition, Supported by Glenfiddich, was officially launched yesterday, with Brian Blessed telling us tales of Everest, and Prince Harry being officially presented as the Expedition Patron. Here are a few photos …
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Prince Harry launches the Everest Expedition
February 10, 2012
The Telegraph reports: The Prince said he was proud to be patron of an expedition that was raising money to train and educate injured servicemen and women, “to manage their transition into civilian employment.” “They have given their all for our security, security is the very least, as a nation, we owe them.” “Walking with the …
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