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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; color: black;"><span><strong>On Thursday 8th April I'm going to get up early and walk to the North Pole</strong>! No, really I am.</span><br /> <span>Four of us, (including my ancient father Nick) under the guidence of 9 time polar conqurer and ex Royal Marine Charlie Paton are walking from Ice Station Barneo, at 89 degrees north, to the geographical North Pole. We then will have a shot at making it </span></span>back to the Ice Station again in our 13 day <strong>200km round trip</strong>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Challenges aside from the graulling journey itself are <strong>polar bears, temperature ranges of -15 to -40 degrees</strong>, 24 hours of day-light and the ever present threat of falling in the freezing water.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; color: black;"><br /> <span><strong>I am aiming to raise £5,000 for Macmillan and Help for Heroes</strong>. They are charities I have chosen because they have done so much for people close to me - MacMillan for the care received by my grandfather before he died last year and Help for Heroes through my invovlement with the Officer Training Corps in Manchester.</span><br /> <br /> <span><strong>Please, dig deep into your pockets and make donation.</strong></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Help for Heroes strives towards 100% effectiveness – the charity is fully funded by the sale of merchandise<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> so, for every £1 donated, £1 will go directly to helping wounded Servicemen and women</strong></span>. They spend every penny possible on making grants that aim to provide practical, direct support for our wounded. They deliver a comprehensive pathway to help launch wounded, injured and sick personnel launch back into the next phase of their lives.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; color: black;"><span>The web link below is for my other page, Macmillan Cancer support.</span></span></p>
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