NEWS
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Discounted Tickets For A Day at the Races
January 13, 2012
Come enjoy a day at the races and meet the Walking With The Wounded Everest team. The Betfair Super Saturday takes place on Saturday February 11 and Newbury Racecource has put together a special offer in support of the charity. Friends of Walking With the Wounded can enjoy a special offer of half price on PREMIER ENCLOSURE …
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Win a pair of limited edition Walking With The Wounded socks!
January 12, 2012
Win a pair of limited edition Walking With The Wounded socks! In order to be in with a chance of winning this fantastic prize, all you have to do is complete the following sentence in your Facebook status update: “I would use a pair of @Walking With The Wounded socks to…..” Finish your status update with a …
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Karl Hinett on 100 Marathons
January 11, 2012
The Mirror has a very moving article on Everest team member Karl Hinett and his challenge to complete 100 marathons. In addition to his epic challenge, Karl will be attempting to summit Everest with the Walking With The Wounded team in May. Read the Mirror article here
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A Christmas Message from our Everest Team
December 22, 2011
Walking with the Wounded would like to wish everyone a very happy Christmas! We have had an incredible year as a charity, and much of this is down to people like you following our journey, getting involved and lending their valuable support. Our North Pole expedition really showed the potential of what Walking with the …
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The Millie’s
December 19, 2011
What a night we had at the millie’s. We were very humbled to receive the award for support to the armed forces and it was great (and surreal) to meet HRH Prince William and David Beckham. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaigns/our_boys/4009299/Tribute-from-Prince-Harry-at-Sun-Military-Awards.html
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Day at Expedition HQ
December 19, 2011
Spending day at the Captive Minds‘ Expedition HQ meeting the team. Also learning about all the technology at our disposal to spread the word about Walking With The Wounded… All seems fairly intimidating for this technophobe- there is much to learn!
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Mount Everest, roof of the world
December 15, 2011
Those crazy Danish cartoonists Wulffmorgenthaler released their daily strip today and it is very fitting for our 2012 expedition. We’ll let you know if there is a chimney up there!
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Oversleeping just got more difficult
November 30, 2011
This Christmas, households all of the UK will be waking up to the booming, loveable tones of our national treasure Brian Blessed! A unique iPhone alarm clock featuring over thirty uniquely recorded Brian Blessed wakeup calls has been launched by the same team that brought you Brian Blessed on TomTom. The alarm calls cover a range of …
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Everest Base Camp Support Trek
November 29, 2011
Walking With The Wounded is offering a unique opportunity for supporters of the charity to trek to Everest Base Camp, while the Everest team attempts to summit Mt Everest during April and May 2012. If the WWTW team climbing has favourable weather conditions, they will hopefully be able to meet the Trekkers at Everest Base Camp. …
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Mt.Everest Summit Team Announced
November 14, 2011
Following the teams recent success in reaching the summit of Manaslu (8156m), Ed Parker and Expedition Leader Russell Brice have now selected the Walking with the Wounded Mt.Everest Summit and Support Team. A team of 5 wounded soldiers will attempt to reach Mount Everest in May next year. Measured at 8848 m Mt.Everest is the …
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