Expedition Updates!

It is time for expedition updates again!

Come this Tuesday (30th of September), 7 Venturers from KL will be embarking on a 10 week expedition 08H in Sabah!

Lots of fundraising, even more preparation (shopping, vaccination, among others...) On the 27th of September, which was just yesterday, the Venturers brave themselves to hike up Selangor's highest peak - Gunung Nuang. Meet up - 5 am, Start - 7.15am, Back to carpark - 4.30pm. Almost 10 hours of hiking with weights! Woah! *Clap clap* First time hiker, or experienced-hiker, we sure did enjoy the short wash at the river after the clay descent!

Here's a photo of us at Kem Pacat after hiking for hours walking the endless road and the steep red clay:

Great job guys!

Next up:

Ju Vern the Venturer who has returned from the Summer 08 Expedition has written an article and it's on today's (28th of Sept) BRATs.
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Being thrown into a secluded area in Sabah with no telephone and Internet access for five weeks turned out to be one of those once-in-a-lifetime experiences for me.

When I explained to my friends that I was participating as a venturer (youths aged 17-25) in a Raleigh Expedition in Sabah, many looked at me in disbelief and others some in awe.

Some of the questions I got were, “Isn’t it going to be difficult not being able to Facebook?”, “Wah, you cannot use your cellphone for five weeks?” and “No bed, no hot shower, no proper toilet, can survive or not?”

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Click here to continue reading the article.

Amazing story there, Ju Vern!

Lastly,

Recently HK Reporters have visited the Raleigh project sites in Sabah during the Summer expedition. And here is the outcome:

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Here's the translated summary:

Title: Prince William Dug Shithole!

This article was featured in Hong Kong Next Magazine 28/8/2008. The author introduced how Prince William was involved, as a Venturer, in Raleigh International, co- founded by Prince Charles.

The author of this article then described her experience volunteering as a Venturer in Sabah Expedition. She was fascinated by the animals in the wild, but struggled with mosquito bites. She also mentioned about the long-drop… REALLY LONG drop and how she missed her flushing toilet at home. She learnt to compromise when her teammates decided having peanut butter and crackers for dinner. Finally, the article ended with the author citing how easy things were in this world. After working hard and encouraging each other in her team, she realized life should not be too comfortable.

So... here ends the expedition update.
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