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Gareth Wesley

Expedition Leader

Gareth Wesley - Expedition Leader

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@wearelondon yep, some sort of beekeeping flashmob???
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:20:46 +0000

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Age 29
Role Expedition Leader
Day Job Strategist
Match Team Tenzing

Wes is definitely on the lookout for new experiences and challenges whether sporting, filming or trying to solve strategic problems. As well as providing direction on the mountain Wes will be getting behind the lens heading up filming of the expedition in HD as Mt Everest joins Hawaii and Toyko as being ticked off on Wes's model globe these past 12 months.

"Setting up and organising this expedition was a no-brainer, getting struck down with chronic fatigue two weeks into the planning process definitely wasn't part of the strategy though! In reality after pausing for a few months rest the project has really helped me steadily overcome this illness and weirdly I'm hoping my experiences with chronic fatigue will actually aid me on the mountain as I'll be used to the debilitating symptoms of mountain sickness."

"Guiding this expedition to the start line has tested me to the full and I'm expecting the mountain to up the stakes even more. I'm just loving the experience."

Updates

Day 5

Yesterday a group of 12 of us 'coached' children cricket at Khumjung school. 'Coached' is a loose term as so many of the children were too young for specific skills training, so that gave way to fun games. To see the joy in their faces was uplifting and as the school was at the bottom of an 'indiana jones' type set of stone steps, it felt like cricket was on some sort of frontier journey. Selecting the 12 people from 50 was a tough task and ultimately we went for those whose behavior still resembled that of who we were visiting - it was a wise choice! At the end we presented a full bag of cricket kit to the school.

Days 1 - 3

The third day in and the first chance to write. Two hours sleep in three days as we went from London to our first trek night meant that I really felt the pace on day 1 when I thought I may be suffering from altitude, fortunately it was only sleep deprivation, but after 18 months planning it is only today on day 3 of the trek I feel relaxed and that we are actually here. My biggest thrill so far was the professionalism of the medical team, I spent a lot of effort recruiting them and to see them not only deliver the goods but gain the trust of the team has been so rewarding. On a personal note I have managed to get lots of stunning film footage with easily the biggest challenge persuading enthusiastic people to ignore the camera!

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