To make this venture a success we are looking for your support. We want to create an incredible journey that will inspire and connect people, and we want to make a huge donation to our selected conservation charity as a result of this sponsored run
Why Sponsor Us?
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We are Pioneering, Professional, Physically & mentally determined.
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We have a proven track record working internationally with different cultures and in challenging environments e.g. Zambia, Caribbean, South Africa, USA & Europe
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We’re determined to succeed and are investing our own savings to prove our commitment
Pioneers
- Initiated managed & successfully delivered the first ever seabird census of the Eastern Caribbean (2009-2010)
- Sailed 3,163 sea miles, surveyed 200 islands for 16 nations
- Recorded 18 species and over 200,000 breeding seabirds
- Delivered 89 presentations & trainings workshops to 2,148 governments, NGOs, universities and schools
- Featured in 100+ TV and radio interviews and printed articles
- Publishing Seabird Atlas at the end of 2011
- (link to website- quotes- Judy, Wingate, Wege etc.)
Professionals
- David formally was an executive for Management Consultancy firm Accenture, where he spent 8 years
- Katharine was an Agri-Environmental Advisor for the RSPB, a national conservation organisation
Physically & Mentally Determined
Sailing;
- 15,000 mile circumnavigation of South America on our 50′ live-aboard sailing ship Lista Light
- One Trans Atlantic crossing, two Pacific crossings
- Now closing on Cape Horn, in the world’s most dangerous sea, the Southern Ocean
- CLICK HERE for the Lista Light Website
Running & Cycling
- Four Inns fell race- 45 mile run, 7000ft ascent- x3
- Castles and Islands Challenge- 30 mile run, 56 mile sail- 1st x2
- Chevy Chase fell race- 20 mile run, 4000 ft ascent- x1, Katharine 3rd woman
- Cycled 1000 miles- 10 days, France- Pyrenees- Spain
Survival Training
- Bolivian rainforest- 2 weeks- unguided, unsupported, a crazy idea
- Cutting new path with machete, setting up camps each night
- 30 kg packs- all food and equipment
Running Test
- 15 miles/day for 6 days- beaches & roads- Caribbean tropics
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