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Fundraising ideas please

Azraelm

Wise Old Thumper
Hi guys
I would like some fundraising ideas please.
Kirkby Pet Welfare in Nottinghamshire where Esmerelda is from are really low on funds, they rescue and rehome so many bunnies and I would really like to help out.

Any suggestions welcome :D
 
ooohh i've done a skydive, not sure its an experience I want to repeat again though! When I think about it it makes my stomach turn!

Now, whats a bungee like? I've always refused before cause i can't stand the idea of bouncing upside down for ages, but maybe that'll get more sponsors if i go on about how scared i am :lol:

Like the everest idea :lol: :lol:
 
mandy said:
ooohh i've done a skydive, not sure its an experience I want to repeat again though! When I think about it it makes my stomach turn!

Now, whats a bungee like? I've always refused before cause i can't stand the idea of bouncing upside down for ages, but maybe that'll get more sponsors if i go on about how scared i am :lol:

Like the everest idea :lol: :lol:

Bungee is gentler than it looks. It's kinda bouncy, but not bad.

There's this walk around the "foothills" of Everest - you go up to Base Camp (Quite High :shock:, but no oxygen required, think it's still 2/3s the air on the Real Ground. Or sommat). I would love to do it. Costs £1400 & only takes 3 weeks, so not completely beyond the realms of possibility.

Having said that - I read this book about Everest being a "dump". People don't use the disgusting base-camp loos, just the snow :shock: , so the whole place stinks & is all diseasey. :shock: & there's oxygen bottles lying about, empty, & a bit further up the "hill" dead bodies - if you die on Everest, that's where you stay. :shock:
 
Angie65 said:
Sponsored Bungee/skydive/climb Everest :D

I would love to have a crack at climbing Everest if somebody would do it with me. :wink:

Saying that I think my Nan would sponsor me a £1000 not to do it! :lol:

Louise
 
ellepotter said:
Angie65 said:
Sponsored Bungee/skydive/climb Everest :D

I would love to have a crack at climbing Everest if somebody would do it with me. :wink: :lol:

Louise

I'd love to do it too. Me, you and Angie? We could probably get business sponsorship to cover the cost of doing it? :wink:

Might require some training first though!
 
mandy said:
ellepotter said:
Angie65 said:
Sponsored Bungee/skydive/climb Everest :D

I would love to have a crack at climbing Everest if somebody would do it with me. :wink: :lol:

Louise

I'd love to do it too. Me, you and Angie? We could probably get business sponsorship to cover the cost of doing it? :wink:

Might require some training first though!

I could possibly get my dad to sponsor us, as he's a director of an electrical firm. Would depend on if they have already got a sponsor/funds allocated etc.

Louise
 
:D Am supposed to be working at the mo :wink: but will see if i can find some websites on climbing everest later on. :D

There's a possibility my old work might help out too
 
Angie65 said:
mandy said:
ooohh i've done a skydive, not sure its an experience I want to repeat again though! When I think about it it makes my stomach turn!

Now, whats a bungee like? I've always refused before cause i can't stand the idea of bouncing upside down for ages, but maybe that'll get more sponsors if i go on about how scared i am :lol:

Like the everest idea :lol: :lol:

Bungee is gentler than it looks. It's kinda bouncy, but not bad.

There's this walk around the "foothills" of Everest - you go up to Base Camp (Quite High :shock:, but no oxygen required, think it's still 2/3s the air on the Real Ground. Or sommat). I would love to do it. Costs £1400 & only takes 3 weeks, so not completely beyond the realms of possibility.

Having said that - I read this book about Everest being a "dump". People don't use the disgusting base-camp loos, just the snow :shock: , so the whole place stinks & is all diseasey. :shock: & there's oxygen bottles lying about, empty, & a bit further up the "hill" dead bodies - if you die on Everest, that's where you stay. :shock:

That sounds very scary, dead bodies :shock: :shock:
 
How long would it take, I would be up for it, but I would have to keep stopping for a fag. :lol:
 
pepsi said:
Angie65 said:
mandy said:
ooohh i've done a skydive, not sure its an experience I want to repeat again though! When I think about it it makes my stomach turn!

Now, whats a bungee like? I've always refused before cause i can't stand the idea of bouncing upside down for ages, but maybe that'll get more sponsors if i go on about how scared i am :lol:

Like the everest idea :lol: :lol:

Bungee is gentler than it looks. It's kinda bouncy, but not bad.

There's this walk around the "foothills" of Everest - you go up to Base Camp (Quite High :shock:, but no oxygen required, think it's still 2/3s the air on the Real Ground. Or sommat). I would love to do it. Costs £1400 & only takes 3 weeks, so not completely beyond the realms of possibility.

Having said that - I read this book about Everest being a "dump". People don't use the disgusting base-camp loos, just the snow :shock: , so the whole place stinks & is all diseasey. :shock: & there's oxygen bottles lying about, empty, & a bit further up the "hill" dead bodies - if you die on Everest, that's where you stay. :shock:

That sounds very scary, dead bodies :shock: :shock:

That's only if you go up Everest, not clambering round the bottom bit (no training required long as you are fit enough). To summit - I think you are looking at 6wks-3months, & you have to summit mid May, mid afternoon cos of weather. Some of the bottom bits are 3-6wks, depending which one you pick. The one I looked into, was £1368 - 3 wks, with Great Walks (Andy Somebody). They required a fitness level of someone walking around the Lake District at regular intervals for that one.

I was horrified when I read about the dead body bit, but people are so ill from altitude sickness, & exhaustion they don't "notice" it like a regular person would.
Read "into Thin Air" by Jon K********sommat, very, very good book (about the 1996 Everest disasters - loads of people got "summit fever, died or lost body parts)
 
I was horrified when I read about the dead body bit, but people are so ill from altitude sickness, & exhaustion they don't "notice" it like a regular person would.
Read "into Thin Air" by Jon K********sommat, very, very good book (about the 1996 Everest disasters - loads of people got "summit fever, died or lost body parts)


AND YOU WANT TO DO IT :shock: :shock: :? :roll:
 
bunnymadhouse said:
I was horrified when I read about the dead body bit, but people are so ill from altitude sickness, & exhaustion they don't "notice" it like a regular person would.
Read "into Thin Air" by Jon K********sommat, very, very good book (about the 1996 Everest disasters - loads of people got "summit fever, died or lost body parts)


AND YOU WANT TO DO IT :shock: :shock: :? :roll:

God no, not the summit bit.

The trundling round the bottom bit :D
 
bunnymadhouse said:
OOOOOH . :shock:

Silly me :oops: thought that bungee had scrambled your brains :lol:

Costs like £12k to climb Everest. Or you could do it without oxygen to save some money :roll: Or not bother with a Guide. I could "Auto Route" it!! :lol:
 
years ago I went to Everest and stayed at the Everest View Hotel. We flew in a piddly little plane from Kathmandu to this airstrip then trekked around there. I can't remember the altitude exactly (but you could see Everest Base Camp from our hotel) and we could not walk 10 yards before stopping, gasping for breath :shock: The sherpa carrying our camera bags found it very amusing :roll: Its tough.

I've seen those sponsored cycle things and thought WOW. A couple of ex-colleagues of mine were going to do one but you needed to raise £2000 to do it and peeps were putting in a fiver or so at a time so it fell through :cry:
 
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