The flags have been printed – both the main Patch flag and the schools flag – and they have been sent off to Nepal to climb Everest!  Woohoo!  After a very, very, very long slog and loads of fundraising we are both delighted and proud that all our sponsors will soon find themselves on the summit of Everest – the highest point on earth!  Unfortunately, Stevie and I won’t be joining them!  Despite our best efforts we have not managed to secure sufficient corporate sponsorship to take the flags ourselves this year.  But have no fear!  We have not given up!  We are merely postponing the inevitable until Spring 2012 to give us time to get the funds in.

Of course, we really didn’t want to let any of you down who have supported us this year and are really grateful to Russell Brice and Himex (the company we will eventually climb Everest with!) who have very kindly agreed to take the flags to Everest on our behalf and fly them from the summit.  We cannot begin to describe what a relief this is and we will be following their progress very closely in our blogs, as they make their amazing journey to the top of the world.  

So there’s another year to go!! And we are now trying to work out exactly how we progress from here – both in order to raise the necessary funds and also what physical tests we can do in order to keep our training fresh and interesting.  We have a few ideas up our sleeves but are certainly open to suggestions as well. 

We know from this past year that time flies by and so we really need to get stuck back in to it all.  Please, please let us know your ideas!  Free Patch Expedition buff to anyone who comes up with something new that we use!