Poplar explorer Alan Chambers from Scunthorpe gets ready for one of world's toughest treks
A POLAR explorer from Scunthorpe will be battling the elements for charity with a former England rugby captain.
Scunthorpe Polar explorer Alan Chambers and HOPEHIV patron Lewis Moody MBE will battle the elements during the 300-mile Yukon Arctic Ultra in February to raise £300,000 for HOPEHIV's work with orphans of HIV victims in sub-Saharan Africa.
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TEAMING UP: Scunthorpe-born Polar explorer Alan Chambers, former England rugby captain Lewis Moody MBE and HOPEHIV founder Phil Wall
Mr Chambers said this is one of the globe's hardest races.
Temperatures will drop as low as minus 50 degrees Celsius during the gruelling 300-mile trek.
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He said: "The Yukon Arctic Ultra race is one of the most challenging and difficult races to complete in the world and will bring a whole new meaning to the word tough.
"I am sure the Yukon Challenge will seem impossible at times but once we have finished, we will realise a lot more can be achieved with great teamwork, hard graft and a combined goal.
"I am looking forward to taking on the hardest and coldest endurance race in the world."
The challenge aims to raise £300,000 for HOPEHIV to support children living and working on the streets across sub-Saharan Africa. They face their greatest challenge every day as they struggle against abuse, poverty, stigma and neglect, simply to survive.
Having visited HOPEHIV projects in Nairobi in July 2008 and last month, Mr Moody feels passionately about the cause.
He said: "Before visiting some of the projects in Nairobi in 2008, I was unaware of what African street children came up against every single day.
"It put my challenges into perspective and, having retired, I am grateful for the opportunity to dedicate more of my time so that they can build a better life for themselves."
The team taking on the race also comprises HOPEHIV founder Phil Wall.
Team members can be sponsored at: www.justgiving.com/teams/mygreatestchallenge
Follow the team's progress on Twitter at #mygreatestchallenge, @LewisMoody7, @AlanWChambers & @PhilipGWall
Comments
by englander61
Wednesday, December 26 2012, 12:08PM
“Mr Chambers there are plenty of needy charity's local that are in need of support Macmillan trust and local hospices , You are asking the public to sponsor your hobbies in the name of charity . This country gives millions in aid all over the world . Explorer goes where no one has been before your an adventurer wanting sponsorship to fund your hobby . Too many company's now making money from charity's new ones popping up every day helps right off tax expensive to organize directors and others taking administrative cost out first very little reaches the ones its meant too.”
by DFlated
Saturday, December 22 2012, 2:00PM
“A Poplar Explorer? I have explored some Oaks, Beech and the odd Weeping Willow but never a Poplar.
GET A GRIP ST.”