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Fitness instructors race the Enduroman Arch to Arc in aid of Help for Heroes
Six British Military Fitness (BMF) instructors will take part in the arduous Enduroman Arch to Arc this month to raise money for Help for Heroes, and at the same time hopefully strip the current world record holders of their title.
Carlos Glencairn-Campbell, Nigel Ilsley, Matt Walker, Jeremy Nelson, Paul Kenny and Andy Bosman, all BMF instructors, will run from Marble Arch to Dover, swim to Calais and then cycle to the Arc de Triomphe – over 300 miles in total. As if that wasn’t enough they will also be trying to beat the time of 63 hours and 26 minutes set by a team from British Gas in June 2009.
Team captain Carlos Glencairn-Campbell thinks the world record title is within reach: ‘There is no doubt this event will be a challenge to us all, but between us we have hours of experience in similar races and we will encourage each other throughout the different stages. Raising money for Help for Heroes is such an important part of this challenge as four of us are still serving in the Territorial Army, and three of us completed tours of Iraq in 2003/2004. We have decided to dedicate this race to our good friend and fellow BMF instructor, Tom Keogh, who recently died serving his country in Afghanistan.’
Major Robin Cope (Ret’d), managing director at BMF, supports them in their efforts: ‘Throughout anyone’s Army career the skill of teamwork is learned and events like this really put it to the test. I have no doubt that these six guys, through pure determination, will complete the event in record time and as a result raise a substantial amount of money for a worthy cause.’
Eight members of the British Armed Forces are aiming to be the first Britons to climb Makalu – which, at 8463m, is the world’s fifth highest mountain – by the notoriously difficult south-east ridge. They departed for Kathmandu, Nepal, in March and aim to return to the UK in early June.
The chosen route is the longest ridge on the mountain, the least climbed and, with much of the difficulty above 7000m, one of the most challenging. Indeed, Sir Edmund Hillary declared it ‘without doubt one of the hardest propositions of all’. The eight-strong team has been drawn from across the three Services, and reflects the wealth of climbing talent that exists within the single-Service mountaineering associations.
Aiming to raise £8463 (to match the 8463m of Makalu), for SOS Children’s Villages International (www.sos-childrensvillages.org), the primary objective of Makalu 2010 is to place at least two members of the expedition on the summit of Makalu and then get them safely back to base camp. It won’t be easy: more people have stood on the moon than have reached the summit of Makalu via this treacherous and rarely climbed route.
You can track their progress by reading the team’s blog at www.makalu2010.co.uk/blog or watch via YouTube (www.youtube.com/user/tiggerhart). One of the companies sponsoring the team is Mountain Fuel, run by Darren Foote, whose story we feature on page 26.
Published May 2010
Stuart Hill chooses Perth College
Private Stuart Hill served three years in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, leaving in 2000 because ‘I felt it wasn’t for me and I wanted to try other things.’ A Northern Ireland tour ‘ingrained a high level of discipline, and I feel I still carry a lot of the things I’ve learned in the army in my coaching style and outdoor pursuits.’
‘When I left the army I found it really hard to find work within my local area but was successful in getting a job valeting cars. He has now been a student at Perth College for a year taking ‘a course in outdoor adventure leadership which gives awards as mountain leader, climbing wall, trail cycle leader, basic expedition leader and the UK Coaching Certificate level 1. I am doing all the things I love and know that all of these awards will lead to more qualifications. It is the best thing that’s happened to me and I know I’ve got the army to thank for experience and skills gained.’
His only dislike is paperwork and he enjoys ‘lots of hill-walking, navigation and outdoor pursuits. I love it. I get to choose what jobs I do and I don’t have to carry as much or press uniforms anymore. However there are similarities (with the army), such as I’m charge of groups of people whether on hills, water or cliffs. I think my army-taught skills show through in my teaching style. I finish college in June but from what I can tell there is a lot of money to be made being an outdoor leader.’ (see the advertisement on page 27)
Published June 2009
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