Category Archives: Everest2012
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Meet the Harry’s Mountain Heroes Team at a Cotswold Store Near You
September 13, 2012
Walking With The Wounded has teamed up with Helly Hansen, in association with Cotswold to provide four meet and greet evenings around the UK. At each meet and greet evenings you can meet some of the team, and hear first hand about their amazing experiences on Everest. Tickets are free of charge, book your place by enquiring …
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Harry’s Mountain Heroes: ITV1 Monday 27th August 2012 at 9pm
August 15, 2012
Harry’s Mountain Heroes to air on ITV1 9pm, Monday 27th August After facing life-changing injuries, a team of five soldiers who were wounded on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan took on one of the world’s toughest challenges: to scale the imposing Mt Everest. Private Jaco van Gass lost his left arm in an RPG …
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An Evening On Everest. Tickets Now On Sale
July 5, 2012
In 2011, Walking With The Wounded set a World Record by taking four wounded servicemen to the Geographic North Pole. For 2012, the charity set its sights even higher and on the new challenge, and with the help of Glenfiddich, aimed to put five wounded servicemen on the summit of Mount Everest, 8,848m above sea …
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Glenfiddich Pioneer Emily Stranger receives Walking With The Wounded award
June 23, 2012
Londoner Emily Stranger won a national competition, beating thousands of applicants, to represent England in the inaugural Glenfiddich Pioneers Club expedition to Everest Base Camp during the Walking With The Wounded Everest 2012 expedition. Along with representatives of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, Emily carried the English flag and messages of support for the Expedition …
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Walking With The Wounded Everest 2012 Team returns home
May 18, 2012
On Thursday May 17th the Walking With The Wounded Everest 2012 Team, supported by Glenfiddich, arrived home to friends and family at Heathrow. Looking far more gaunt than when they left some weeks ago, the Everest summit team of Martin Hewitt, Jaco Van Gass, David Wiseman, Karl Hinett, and Dr. Francis Atkinson accompanied by communications …
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Live Whisky Tasting
May 11, 2012
Last night, 7pm BST, the Walking With The Wounded Summit team and the Glenfiddich Pioneers participated in a world first … a LIVE whisky tasting from Everest base camp. The Team and the Pioneers were introduced by a London studio panel featuring presenter Monty Halls, WWTW Founders Ed Parker and Simon Daglish, Glenfiddich’s Jamie Milne …
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Glenfiddich Whisky Tasting LIVE from Everest Base Camp
May 9, 2012
Following the decision to postpone this year’s Everest summit attempt, The Walking With the Wounded expedition team will be toasting their last day at Everest Base Camp by taking part in the world’s highest ever whisky tasting. The live broadcast will take place on Thursday 10th May at 19:00 (BST) from Everest Base Camp at …
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Prince Harry announces the postponement of the Everest 2012 expedition
May 8, 2012
The news that the Walking With The Wounded Everest 2012 Expedition supported by Glenfiddich has been postponed for this season was broken by charity patron HRH Prince Harry. Speaking from Washington, having been awarded the Distinguished Leadership Award by the Atlantic Council, His Royal Highness said: “Last year, I struggled to keep up with the four …
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Everest Expedition News
April 28, 2012
It has been an intense period of activity at Base Camp, involving the summit of a neighbouring 6,119m peak Lobuche for further acclimatisation, focused technical training for the Khumbu Ice Fall and the undertaking of local rituals – the Puja ceremony, which prays for the safe passage of climbing teams through the mountains. The notorious …
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Expedition Patron Prince Harry
April 27, 2012
Our Expedition Patron, Prince Harry, has been awarded the Atlantic Council’s 2012 Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Leadership, in recognition of his charitable and humanitarian work supporting servicemen and women. Prince Harry has supported a number of charities that work in the field of rehabilitation of servicemen and women including Walking with the Wounded. We are …
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