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

Wednesday, 23 September 2009

At last I have my Internet back on......been filming for the past 2 weeks, all the names being embroidered onto the flag, so much work and time has gone into putting the flag together, thanks to Doris and her husband of Dorethia designs, who have been working till late in the evenings, with out them this would not be possible, it is very sad filming the names, as each has left such a big gap in many lives.

Watched a documentary last night on the BBC "wounded" about 2 young soldiers road to recovery, after horrific injuries, sustained in Afghanistan, one had lost both legs and his left arm, the other both his legs and eye sight, there attituide, strength, and determination, was amazing, just goes to show what our soldiers are made off, and that is just 2, of how many....I don't know, we don't have the numbers of our wounded, only lives lost, and that is bad enough