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the shizzle => news => Topic started by: shark on June 18, 2015, 01:52:35 pm
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Famous faces, big name brands and world-renowned mountaineers are donating their time and expertise as well as personal treasures to help raise funds for the earthquake relief effort in Nepal.
Bidding opens on Sunday 28 June in a series of two online auctions led by the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) with support from the Alpine Club in partnership with eBay.
More than 70 lots will be up for grabs ranging from unforgettable days out including afternoon tea with TV presenter Michael Palin CBE to a Lakeland fell walk with mountaineers Sir Chris Bonington and Doug Scott CBE to books, artwork and memorabilia including a signed photo of Ab Fab star and Gurkha campaigner Joanna Lumley and a rare collection of butterflies collected on the successful 1953 Everest expedition.
Click here (http://www.thebmc.co.uk/bmc4nepal-auction-highlights-preview) for a sneak preview of the lots
Record breaking British mountain guide Kenton Cool will take one lucky winning bidder for a walk/climb and dinner in the British mountains. Or fancy learning the ropes with one of Britain’s best climbers? You can bid for a climbing session with Shauna Coxsey, Hazel Findlay, and Steve McClure or alpine legend Mick Fowler.
Why not put in an offer for your very own piece of mountaineering history? You could win key equipment like Stephen Venables’ crampons and Pete Boardman’s boots worn on Everest expeditions as well some of the very latest kit from top outdoor brands and unique artwork.
It is expected that the auction will generate substantial worldwide interest, since it will be an opportunity for people to collect a piece of British exploration history which would never normally come up for public sale.
The Alpine Club, whose members have shaped climbing in Nepal since it was first opened to Westerners 66 years ago, is supporting this venture and its members have generously donated some valuable items of remarkable significance. These include:
- 1953 Everest expedition team member Mike Westmacott’s collection of moths and butterflies collected during the 1953 Everest expedition
- Everest 1953 silver engraved cigarette box
- Himalayan paintings by James Hart-Dyke and Julian Cooper
The auction will be held on eBay’s dedicated charity section and will go live on Sunday 28 June.
Link from www.thebmc.co.uk/bmc4nepal #BMC4Nepal
Proceeds from the auction will go to Community Action Nepal (CAN), providing long-term support to the mountain people of Nepal. CAN is a UK based charity whose aim is to help the mountain people of Nepal through operating medical posts, schools and mountain porter rescue shelters. The charity was founded by Doug Scott CBE, who in 1975 made the first British ascent of Everest. Many of the mountain communities in which CAN’s 40+ projects are based have been devastated or displaced by the earthquake.
Proceeds from selected items, including top of the range gear from Sherpa Adventure Gear, will go to help the Paldorje Sherpa Education Fund to provide immediate relief on the ground to benefit the children of Sherpa families in remote villages.
BMC patrons and former Alpine Club presidents Sir Chris Bonington and Doug Scott CBE, who recently took part in a 24 hour ice climb for CAN, said “We're calling for everyone to get behind this auction. It’s your chance to bid for some very unique items – including us!”
Sir Chris Bonington, Doug Scott CBE and Leo Houlding joined BMC president Rehan Siddiqui to record a video message to encourage people to bid. They said. “We’re all mountaineers helping the mountain people of Nepal. It’s an online auction so we don’t have a hammer, but we do have an ice axe! So please dig deep and bid high. Make mountaineering history and help us, help the people of Nepal.”
The auction is the brainchild of new BMC president Rehan Siddiqui who said:
“It’s been almost two months since the catastrophe in Nepal shocked and saddened the world, and the immediate attention of media has moved away from the earthquake in Nepal"
"It is important that we refocus the media's attention on the problems of the Nepalese people and we hope that international interest in this auction will generate substantial funds for the charities.”
“Support for the Nepalese people is particularly strong amongst the mountaineering, climbing, trekking and other outdoor activities community, who have long held a deep regard for this region and its wonderful inhabitants.”
Anna Lawford of the Alpine Club said: “Alpine Club members are keen to support this auction for Nepal. Since exploration, climbing and trekking have been the main reason British people visit Nepal, we believe that the mountaineering community in Britain should be leading fundraising efforts to raise money for rebuilding Nepalese communities.”
HOW: to get involved in the auction
The auction will be held on eBay in a series of two batches.
Batch 1: Sunday 28 June to Sunday 5 July
Batch 2: Thursday 2 July to Sunday 12 July
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Sounds good, except the day with Kenton Cool.
Maybe UKB should donate some iconic items for auction? Suggestions:
- R-man's tripod
- One of Fiend's orange-urban-camo hats in a Happy Meal presentation box
- Plaster cast of Dense's choad, with accompanying magnifying glass
- A windows PC cobbled together for fuck-all by Jim
- Framed and signed print of Nige's classic post "Is this the same Ioan Doyle who drinks a gallon of Cristal every hour from solid gold taps (which he leaves running) in a diamond mansion on the moon, pausing only to eat £50 note sandwiches. Courtesy of DMM. P.S. I have no idea who Ioan Doyle is."
Any other suggestions?
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I was going to suggest a print of Somebody's Fool's classic photo of a 'turkey' (http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,11211.msg256253.html#msg256253), but sadly the photo is no longer there.
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Ben's yellow hat as worn in the Rainshadow interview.
Pullup session with Stevie Haston :strongbench: :strongbench:
A not to spend a day with option on the Kenton Cool auction :2thumbsup:
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Barbecue with Shark.
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Counselling session with Dense.
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Seriously though BMC "celebs"? [cringe]
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All Rich Simpson's medals, trophies, and world title belts.
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A day's nest chucking at Stanage with Johnny Brown.
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An hour's thumb war with El Mocho
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youth hostelling with John Redhead
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Litter picking with Dave Thomas (must have own transport).
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Quality suggestions!! Pissing myself :lol:
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A guide to topping out 6B's in font by Jasper sharpe
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I can do an instructional course on how to roll your car when leaving Stanage (must have your own car though).
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Collection of Roy Chubby Brown and Jim Davidson DVDs, with special features commentary by PaulyDB.
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a free online diagnosis of a poorly described finger ailment by the ukb collective
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a free online training programme tailored to suit the writer's own weaknesses
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A horseshoe and framed four leaf clover donated by PaulB.
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Gritstone masterclass with Jasper?
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own your very own blank page on UKB
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It's the only time I see any sense on here
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Can I offer a free afternoon of moaning about climbers and the modern day climbing scene? its very good, Dense can be co-host
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short, on line course on how to embed and back link photos in posts on Britain's most popular bouldering forum - courtesy of The Slackline Nudges Company
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I'm not bidding on anything unless it's Cofe's Hoover.
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YPY's Collection of climbing photos.
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Listology, a list of ways to make lists, by various experts.
How to win friends and influence people, by Sloper and Beastio.
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Places I have not visited. By SA Chris ;)
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The life and times of ukb wiki: explantion of how it works with a 90page section on how to upload photos. Comes with a 15page leaflet explaining how to use the UKB search function
Both Written by slackline
Edited by slackline
published by VP
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The ultimate prize...
A fresh pair of pink Pink Anasazis and a freshly baked Pain au chocolat.
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Personal BBQ chef by Lagers.. (this is probably a partially sensible suggestion!)
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a haircut from cha1n's barber
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a guided 20 mile fell run from me and Plattsy
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second prize 30 mile fell run.
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What about the back catologue of dead fit birds who go climbing.
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A day out climbing with Sloper and Three Nine. Prize awarded to the lowest bidder.
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A day out with Will and Paul Mitchell showing how to place pegs at Millstone.
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Let Slackline Google That Shit For You, Bitches.
Kick back with a G&T while slackers does all that tedious search engine donkey work on your behalf.
Ever wondered how planes stay up? Let Slackline Google That Shit For You, Bitches.
Ever wondered what year Tina Turner's hit song 'What's Love Got To Do With It' was number one in the US billboard charts? Let Slackline Google That Shit For You, Bitches.
Ever wondered the cheapest place to buy Linux? Let Slackline Google That Shit For You, Bitches.
Etc.
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I could do a stonking tour of the worst easier grit lines on good eastern edge crags (I recommend climbing clothes used when on sea cliffs with fulmar risk), or could act as a backup for a certain over keen activist on a tour of shite grit quarries in the Froggatt guide area with fuck all worth climbing..
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Sloper's riot shield
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Let Slackline Google That Shit For You, Bitches.
Kick back with a G&T while slackers does all that tedious search engine donkey work on your behalf.
Ever wondered how planes stay up? Let Slackline Google That Shit For You, Bitches.
Ever wondered what year Tina Turner's hit song 'What's Love Got To Do With It' was number one in the US billboard charts? Let Slackline Google That Shit For You, Bitches.
Ever wondered the cheapest place to buy Linux? Let Slackline Google That Shit For You, Bitches.
Etc.
I thought we already got that service for free anyway.
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Plaster cast of Dense's choad...
...hidden inside a Sublime Climbing Brush (special nasal hair edition).