Help for Heroes and Afghan Heroes Everest Base Camp Trek

My Adventure

On the 31st October 2009, I set off from my home in Paderborn Germany, to under take the 21 day challenge to "Everest Base Camp" in aide of "Help for Heroes" taking with me a special designed flag, Embroidered with all the names of our "Fallen Heroes" in Afganistan and Iraq, the flag was raised and a small service of Rememberance was held, and the flag was left to fly, at the place the local people call "The place of Memeories" I followed the footsteps of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay to the Base Camp of Everest, the worlds highest mountain

Trekking: up to 9 hours a day, Altitude 2623-5545

My next challenge for 2010, is to have a permanent monument built over looking Everest Base Camp, to honour our Heroes, and to raise as much funds as possible for "Help for Heroes" and " Afghan Heroes" and to fund the building of the monument

please keep checking back for more updates, or if you would like to get involved, and help me fund raise, please contact me at glenblease@yahoo.co.uk

Tuesday 22 December 2009

Finaly I can catch up with my updates, after being away for 6 weeks.

The flag is now flying at the Holy place, known as the "The place of Memories" by the local people, now there is 402 special memories flying there.

The flag was raised and the service held on the 11,11,09 Rememberance day, it was a very emotional service, and I found it quite hard to do with out chocking back the tears, 3 sherpas also laid 3 crosses in memory of the 3 Gurhka soldiers, named on the flag. pictures of the flag, and my first view of Mount Everest