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On the 24th July 2010 This is our Everest will be embarking on one of the world's last great adventures, the Mongol Rally. This charity event will take us from England all the way to the capital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar. We will need to cover 10,000 miles across some of the world's most hostile and unforgiving terrain. For the rally This is our Everest have decided to support the and the amazing work they do in helping to improve the quality of life for Mongolia's street children. Please look through the website for more information on the team, the charity we are supporting, our amazing sponsors and to  keep up to date with our preparations. If you would like to make a donation to the Christina Noble Children's Foundation then just click on the JustGiving link on the left.

Newtown, UK

on our way to goodwood!

A nice day for a drive

Tomorrow myself, Ian and Rich will head west for Ulaanbaatar and with a following wind we hope to arrive in late August. This said we will need our fair share of good fortune and reliability.

However, we feel that we stand a good chance due to all of the people who have been so kind and have offered and of there support, the latest being TH White who have been really fantastic - lending their support and expertise.

We just want to say a big thanks also to all of our other sponsors and frineds and family who have donated. So thanks guys with your help we have just broken the £4000 mark. Be sure to check back as you can track the team and we will be updating the website as we go. Speak soon.

Tom

The Cars the Star!

Only a few days to go before the off now so very excited and really want to get going! We have been doing lots of work (kind of have to now!) and firstly the car has been fully stickered up and looks pretty fantastic, please check out the photos in the gallery. A massive thanks again to Rosie and Ian Hunter and Henley Sign People for these stickers. In addition to this we have given the car a bit of a service and even made a petrol tank guard, thanks to Dave Joy for all his help with this. We also had a brilliant result with our London collection for Meningitis Research as the final total came in at £1429.27 so thanks to everyone who gave up their day off to come and help us with this.

We have also managed to get all our kit now and Go Outdoors were very kind again as they gave us a fantastic discount in their Swindon store for our last few bits of kit. Also in this busy week we have been featured on the Swindon Town FC website with a brilliant article by professional writer and online broadcaster Chris Smith. (Check out the press page for the article.) Our media fame doesn't stop there though as we will be appearing in the Gazette and Herald on Thursday so keep a look out for that. We will do another blog before we leave with any last minute details.

Ian

It's all GO GO GO...Outdoors

We have been incredibly busy recently as there is now less than 2 weeks before we depart. On Thursday the team along with a few willing helpers descended upon Fenchurch Street and St Pancras stations all in aid of the Menigitis Research Foundation. The money is currently being counted so check back soon for an update. However, we all had really heavy buckets by the end of the day so we are hoping that we raised a big total for a cause that is very close to our hearts.

As well as increasing our charity commitments we have also been finalising plans for our journey. We have sorted maps for the more remote parts on our trip and we have MOT'ed our car. As well as this we have sorted all of our kit, for this we found everything that we needed at Go Outdoors. They were generous enough to give the team a fantastic discount in their Swindon store. So we just want to say a massive thank you again to GO Outdoors.

As well as these bits Ian and myself have been on a St John's first aid course that was brilliant, but lets hope we won't have to use any on the life skills that we learned on the day. Check back soon this week as we will be applying all of the fantastic logos that Henley Sign People worked so hard on and letting everyone now how much we raised.

Tom

A Good Sign

Less than 20 days to go now before we depart! So as im sure you can imagine things are really picking up pace so expect lots of updates between now and the 24th. Firstly this week we would like to say a big thanks to Henley Sign People and in particular Rosie and Ian Hunter for all their hard work in producing the vinyl stickers for our car. We look forward to getting these in the post this week and making the Terios look like a real rally car! For more information on Henley Sign People please click the link below

In other news this week, the team was really pleased to feature in the Swindon Advertiser in order to raise the profile of the team and in the meantime get a bit of publicity for our sponsors! Full details of the article can be found on the press page. Coming up this week we have more injections, our London Collection and a first aid course so keep checking the website for updates on these.

Ian

New Charity!

The team are proud to announce that in addition to our original charity we will also be supporting the Meningitis Research Foundation as part of our rally. As we have raised almost double our original target for the Christina Noble Children's Foundation we have decided we would like to do what we can for a UK charity alongside our continued support of the CNCF. We have chosen the Meningitis Research Foundation as our charity due to their fantastic work over the last 20 years and as this charity is of great personal importance to myself and Tom.

If you are able to support this great cause we have a created a new JustGiving page for the Meningitis Research Foundation which can be accessed via the link on the left of the page. In addition to any money raised through this we will be doing a charity collection on Thursday 8th July at St Pancras and Fenchurch Street train stations.

Further information on the Meningitis Research Foundation and the work they do can be found on the charity pages.

Keep checking the website for further updates coming soon! 

Ian

Pimp my ride

University is now finally over for myself and Ian. It has been a very busy few months with final exams and Rich at his placement. So now it's all hands to the pumps to try and get everything ready for the 24th. The team is in a pretty good position but we still need to get a few things organised.

Gin, Beer and Cake

Saturday was a busy day for This is our Everest. Rich and I spent the day with other Adventurists in London, where we treated to Hendricks Gin, Windhoek Beer and a plethora of cakes. Whilst we recovered most of our entry fee in Gin, Rich and I stumbled upon many other teams most of whom were doing a similar route to ourselves, but with one big difference the Transfagarasan Highway. You may of heard of or seen this road on Top Gear, it was proclaimed the best driving road in the world and its easy to see why.

Thule have been brilliant and sent us virtually all of the required kit for the car. I spent the latter part of this week installing the bars and locks etc, it all looks fantastic and is ready for the roof rack itself. So thanks again to Thule.

I have also sent a few things to the local media so lets hope it gets a bit of pick up and generates some exposure for the team.Off to think of some ways to pimp our ride I'm thinking spotlights and a snorkel...

Until next time,

Tom

Well, well, well we have been busy.

Since our last blog This is our Everest have been very busy and it really feels like we are on the final stretch before we set off, things are hotting up. Recently we have agreed a deal with some great new sponsors, raised loads of cash for charity and done some boring and annoying visas.

We our really proud to announce that Thule will be backing This is our Everest. We want to thank Donna Watkins who has made this happen.

Thule are donating some fantastic products to the team including an Xperience 828 roof basket, cargo net and all the fitting kit and kaboodle to ensure a nice snug fit all the way from England to Ulaanbaatar. So thank you Thule!

Also we have agreed a deal with a vinyl printing company to pimp our ride before our departure, more news on this soon.

On the 19th March the team plus some willing helpers hit various tube stations in London armed with nothing more than a few t-shirts and some buckets. After a long day collecting for the CNCF 6 collectors managed to raise £1141.11, a fantastic effort. This is our Everest just want to say a big thank you to all of the collectors and the long shift they put in.

Oh and we have started visas, they're crucial but boring expensive and stressful...

Until next time, Tom.

This baatar be good!

We have a new team member! Mr Richard Tasker has been foolish enough to join my and Ian on our merry adventure a third of the way around the world. Rich brings some much needed skills to the team, including an in depth knowledge of finance and accounting.

Myself and Ian spent the weekend sending around 60 emails to various companies in an effort to secure sponsorship, freebies or anything really. Slowly but surely the replies are filtering back through and at the moment we are keeping our cards close to our chest. Hopefully though by next week we will be in a better position to know exactly what is on offer.

In the mean time Ian and I took the car for a quick spin and quickly I broke it. The fan switch just 'came off in my hand'. However, in the end I managed to fix the problem with a cable tie and some superglue.

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