On April 8th, Chris Jonns, Gareth Hughes, James Sams and Peter McGarry will be running/snowshoeing/walking maybe even crawling the 2nd official North Pole marathon. Yes, that is not a mis-print there is actually a marathon of 26.2 miles at 90 latitude on ice in the company of polar bears (penguins live at the south pole) and not alot else.
Perhaps we're crazy, and despite injuries to most of the team, we now feel physically capable of completing the race and are prepared to go through whatever nature throws at us. A typical day at the Pole will include -25 degrees ceclius (-13F) weather brought to around -40 (-40F) with wind chill - potential snow drifts, ice flows breaking apart and the constant threat of Polar Bears!
The main reason that the 4 of us are putting ourselves through this madness is to find some really good looking norwegians to kidnap on our way back from the pole! In all seriousness we are attempting to raise as much money as possible for the following cancer charities, the Sloane Kettering Memorial Cancer Center and UK Cancer research.
Team member Chris Jonns tragically lost his father Allan last year to this nasty disease and one of our good friend's sister Christina Prestia is currently fighting breast cancer and being treated by Sloan Kettering. Im sure each and everyone of us knows someone directly who has been affected by this terrible illness and we feel by giving back a bit we can all help in the funding of research to find a cure for a disease that is responsible for so many deaths.
For USD contributions you can either donate on line at this website or make a check payable to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. For GBP contributions you can donate online at www.justgiving.com/np2006, or just give the team cash!
Last year we raised 2,346 pounds and 1,750 dollars when the race was cancelled weeks before we were due to run it.
Thanking you in advance - Chris, Gareth, James & Peter. (aka Jonnsie, the Wizard, Samsie and Ted)
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