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Last updated: 29 Jun 2009
Adele on Gasherbrum II (29th Jun)
The Jagged Globe team, led by Adele Pennington, are continuing their acclimitisation with a night at camp 1 (5,910m). With heavy snow forecast for the next few days, the team are resting back at base camp before another trip to camp 1 and 2.
You can keep up to date with the teams progress on the the Jagged Globe website
with photos and reports.
Trent College return from the land of fire and ice! (17th Jun)
![[Sucessfull Trent team on the Sólheimajökulll, 2 kb]](/images/t/1280.jpg "[Sucessfull Trent team on the Sólheimajökulll, 2 kb]") 17 students from Trent College have recently returned from an expedition to Iceland for a May half term with a difference!
Exploring the ice caps, lava fields, bubbling mud pools and river rapids, the team got a real taste of expedition and Icelandic life!
A report can be found here with photos in our photo gallery
British School of Paris Activity weeks! (9th Jun)
![[British School of Paris Year 9 team, 2 kb]](/images/t/1259.jpg "[British School of Paris Year 9 team, 2 kb]") Last week, teams from year 7-9 spent a week on a multi activity course in either Guernsey, Orpierre or les Ecrin. A total of around 170 students took part and completed activities ranging from sailing to archery, climbing to rafting.
Reports can be found here with photos in our photo gallery
Photo competition 2009 (22nd May)
![[Cotswold., 2 kb]](/images/t/1015.jpg "[Cotswold., 2 kb]") This year, we are running a photo competition for all of our team members with a prize for the winner of each categories. These are :
People and Places
Wildlife and Nature
Action and Adventure
Fun!
Each category winner will receive £50 vouchers from Cotswold Outdoor whilst the overall winner will receive £400 vouchers for their school!
Good luck to all of our teams!
Adele summits Everest! (20th May)
![[Adele Pennington, 11 kb]](/images/t/1029.jpg "[Adele Pennington, 11 kb]") In the early hours of this morning, Adele along with 3 Jagged Globe clients and thier Sherpa team, summitted Everest! Last night 3 other Jagged Globe clients reached the summit along with thier Sherpa and guiding team. All are now descending back to Base Camp. A big congratulations to them all!
Adventureworks water safety and skills course (19th May)
![[Practising the use of a throw-line in white water, 1 kb]](/images/t/1243.jpg "[Practising the use of a throw-line in white water, 1 kb]") At the weekend, 17 leaders gathered in North Wales for the third Adventureworks water safety and skills course. This time the course was a pilot for the Emergency Response Activity Supervisors (ERAS) course certified by the Royal Life Saving Society. All attendees passed this certified course run at a lake, river and sea location.
A report can be found here with photos in our photo gallery
Roger Black at Ash Manor School (18th May)
![[Ash Manor School Morocco team and Roger Black during a fundraising event, 1 kb]](/images/t/1246.jpg "[Ash Manor School Morocco team and Roger Black during a fundraising event, 1 kb]") The team from Ash Manor School who are travelling to Morocco this summer, held a hugely successful fundraising event at their school a few weeks ago. They invited Roger Black, Olympic medal holder and UK athletics hero, to speak to an audience and hold an auction. The event raised over £2000 to go towards their expedition where they will be trekking through the High Atlas Mountains and attempting to summit Djebel Toubkal 4,165m.
Many of our teams hold similar events with speakers provided by Adventureworks. David Pickford is the most recent addition. A renowned climber, he introduces young people to adventure travel and extreme sports such as climbing, mountaineering, and skiing through exciting stories, photographs, and film footage from around the world.
Adele Pennington regales tales of the last 12 months in which she has become Britons foremost female high altitude mountaineer. She is currently leading an expedition to Mount Everest and should be reaching the summit in the next 3 days.
Rhys Jones is also available to schools. In 2006 he became the youngest person to reach the summit of the highest peak on each continent, doing so on his 20th birthday. Since then he has completed other challenges including crossing Greenland and sailing down the Mississippi River in a paper boat!
For more information on any of our speakers and how they can assist you in raising funds for your expedition, please contact Tessa on 0845 345 8850 or email info@adventureworks.co.uk
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