We often hear about the successes of mountaineers to the top of the highest mountain in the world, and return part of a select group who reached the top of the world. But we do not often hear of the good work that is going to get people as far as Everest Base Camp, particularly if they do not intend to make a summit bid.

Mannequins Northallerton

It is common for people to go to unusual time to raise money for an Everest trek, knowing that something special awaits them when they arrive in the Himalayan mountains. In August 2009, sixteen students and three professors in Yorkshire Northallerton be doing something very original to raise money for the Everest base camp trip at the end of the year.

With all the activity and the exercise of Everest trek ahead of them, the students aim to raise funds for the trip by sitting very still. A large tent on the street in their city has contracted to assume the window is raised at the mannequins. The trick for Yorkshire Day coincides with the August 1, so that students can expect to attract attention, and hopefully donations, many of those from the local population.

Fourteeners

Northallerton The students are not the only young people in the news for its fundraising now. In July 2009, the tiny, sweet face Matt Moniz aims climb the fourteen highest mountains in Colorado in two weeks to raise funds and awareness for a terrible disease. He has called the issue "14 14", because each of the peaks that are climbing above 14,000 feet. What makes this issue more audacious is the fact that Matt is only eleven years old.

In the construction of this feat, which trained for the trek to Everest Base Camp. He and his father, Mike, is the variation of the neighbors informing Kala Patter (5545m), where he has a great view towards the Everest Base Camp. The idea for the series of Matt climbs to reach altitudes where they can experience shortness of breath that his best friend suffered a pulmonary arterial hypertension, she faces daily.

Having reached the Everest Base Camp at 5360 meters (17,600 feet) Matt has ventured beyond the height a’14ers’ had before him, but the Everest is a journey of more gradual ascent that what is ahead. Although several of the mountains of Colorado are walking for their promotion in grade routes easier to do one every day for two weeks is a prospect of depletion.

If you complete all fourteen peaks in a fortnight, which have risen vertically on the equivalent of Everest and a quarter and more than twice the vertical distance from sea level to Everest Base Camp. Matt and his team, which includes the family of her sick friend, have already raised $ 14,000 for charity, and climbing.

Chocolate Sherpa

For 30 days earlier this year, the Belgian explorer, Louis-Philippe LONCKE, led a small group in a 400 km trek to Everest Base Camp Kathmandu. Known as the ’Belgian Crazy’ from his previous expeditions crazy, Luis Felipe wanted to raise funds for the construction of much-needed mobile hospital in Nepal. Apart from the distance traveled, the unusual feature of this trip was that the Everest was the distribution of 100 kilos of Belgian chocolate en route to the local Sherpa and holding a chocolate tasting high altitude, when it reached the base camp Everest.

The team called themselves the sharps chocolate and used its unusual mission, not only for fundraising but also to give something back to the Sherpa’s and porters who have helped support many Everest treks through the years. His expedition reached the Everest Base Camp May 1st, and for many climbers and porters who were waiting there to make their summit bids, your arrival is very tasty and welcome break from their regular routine

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