Widely recognised The North Face athlete and successful mountaineer Mick Fowler has raised vital funds for a Mountain Rescue Team in Scotland through The North Face Summit Series Lecture Tour in conjunction with Tiso the outdoors specialists. read more »
United Kingdom
Organised by the Peak Expedition Panel 20th.(exploring) or 21st (journeying) to 27th July 2007. read more »
The Boys' Brigade/Girls' Brigade are organising an Open Gold Expedition/Exploration on Dartmoor during 18 - 24 August 2007. read more »
The Boys' Brigade in Birmingham are organising a BEL course delivered over 4 weekends and three day-long sessions between April and July 2007. read more »
The Ordnance Survey Outdoors Show returns to the NEC in one month. This year it is packed with more activities to try, more speakers, and more brands! read more »
I wasn't too sure what I was going to get out of the course beforehand; in fact, I was daunted by the thought of three weeks with ten new people. Immediately I knew it would be intense. I've learnt lessons no school could teach. For example, the importance of teamwork: if a team does not co-operate or work together, and that means everyone on board, the time spent together will be unpleasant and tasks will be inefficiently carried out. This can be applied to real life. read more »
A few years ago I was terrified of new situations.
My ability to have confidence around strangers was non-existent. On the other hand I was bored. There are only so many Saturdays you can sit in Starbucks before the novelty of a cappuccino in a red cup wears off and the only way to overcome this was to meet new people and do new things. read more »
So you wanted to run in the Flora London marathon? Your entry was turned down, and the charity you wanted to raise money for doesn't have any marathon places left.
So what are the alternatives?
Well have you considered undertaking a charity trek? There are many organised charity treks, and if you keep an eye on the events calendar here on BackAtBasecamp, and keep coming back to check our news and trek pages, then you may find one you could join in with. (if you are organising a trek, drop me an email on the contact us page, we would love to publish a story on it for you). read more »
If you are an experienced doctor, therapist, nurse or biomedical scientist and are interested in volunteering overseas in the next 12 months then VSO would like you to come along to their health information day on Saturday 21 October 2006. The day will include: read more »
- Presentations from returned volunteers, giving you a personal account of what it's really like to be a health volunteer. To name a few - there'll be Jennifer, who worked as a nurse trainer in Mongolia; Annette, a public health doctor in Tanzania; and you can chat to Karen about her experiences as a physiotherapist in Ethiopia
