Film Club: Lhotse ft. Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison
The route to Everest is silent. Everest Basecamp, usually a bustling city of tents, is an empty white bowl between towering mountains. Only a tiny cluster of red and yellow nylon shelters breaks the white. Where is everybody? This is the side of the Everest route that almost no one ...
Supplements to fuel endurance challenges
DR.VEGAN® X EVEREST IN THE ALPS Nutrition is vital to provide your mind and body with what it needs to endure intense exertion activities. That’s why we were so glad when DR.VEGAN® partnered with us for the Everest in the Alps challenge. DR.VEGAN’s range of clean supplements are formulated by ...
EiA 2023 – The Diary
BY LORNA ROBERTSON TIMMIS With sincere thanks to all those who make Everest in the Alps possible, Rob and Tania Ritchie, Anna Rae Dowling, Aysha Folland, Tom Bodkin and all at Secret Compass-as well as all the guides and masseurs who took away some of the pain. Lastly and most ...
Launching the EiA Debit Card from Currensea
An easier way to donate to a cause you care about Powered by Currensea and MasterCard We’re so excited to announce the launch of the EIA debit card – and keen to tell you all about the rewards it can reap, particularly when travelling abroad: Free to apply and better FX ...
Scientists join forces to transform treatments for childhood brain tumours
By the Brain Tumour Charity Experts at The Everest Centre are delivering a cutting-edge program of scientific research to develop pioneering new treatments for children diagnosed with low-grade brain tumours, following major new funding from The Brain Tumour Charity. We are excited to announce we will be funding a further ...
Meet the team members: Simon Corben and Nick Heath
Who are you? SC: Simon Corben. 51 year old father of three – 2 girls, 1 boy (who’s a great mate of Toby) and husband of Tiggy who did it in 2018! – We live in Hampshire and I work for the NHS. NH: Nick Heath. 51-year-old father of three ...
Meet the Team Member: Monica Khanna
Who are you? My name is Monica Khanna, I am a last-minute addition to the team Team Helios following an invite from Nishani (long term friend from school and medical school). I am mother to two teenagers (aged 18 and 16), wife to an orthopaedic orophile and work as a ...
How to stay fuelled and hydrated during a winter endurance challenge
Eating and drinking properly will be crucial if you want to perform at your best during any winter endurance challenge like Everest In The Alps, so our friends at Precision Fuel & Hydration have put together some advice to help you start and stay properly hydrated and fuelled during the ...
Meet the team: Adventure 4 Dementia
Who are you? Jonathan Gomer: Angus Simon Joff Ham and I are all ex colleagues who after the sale of the business we worked for, chose to take some time out and do other things. Ian is a friend of Simon’s who was fool hardy enough to join us! What’s ...
Everest in the Alps / Everest in the Lakes – which is harder?!
We have the perfect person to answer this question that we often get asked. Aisling Bowman tackled both challenges within three months of each other earlier this year and this is what she had to say: Had you ever done anything like these two crazy challenges before? No, never. Which ...
Meet the Team: Helios
Meet the Team Helios: Welcome back to 2019 team member Lorna Robertson Timmis! This time she is bringing two of her cousins and a good friend… We’re expecting big things! Who are you? G: My name is Gordon Rainey, but most people I care about on Earth call me G. ...
Meet the team: Tractors and Tracks
Who are you? Richard: Richard Barclay, a highland deer farmer with a passion for the alps and all things skiing. David: David Henderson from Edinburgh. Calum: Calum Mcdiarmid, a farmer from Aberfeldy in Highland Perthshire. Always lived in the mountains and worked outdoors. Have been skiing since I ...
