First Overland Expedition 2010

[oxford replica]

Good Evening Experianced Explorer's... I would just like to take this chance to inform you about the 2010 First Overland expedition. The expedition comprises of three Oxford and three Cambridge students and one experianced mechanic (me), we are due to depart on September 1st 2010 and will follow the original route all the way to Singapore via Myanmar (Burma). All information on the expedition can be seen here www.firstoverland.co.uk First Overland 2010 has a 3 part plan The first part of our plan is obvious, we are to follow in the 1955 expeditions footsteps. The second part of our plan will span the vast area between Iran and Thailand. We will be distributing a number of specially designed glasses to the third world. These glasses have been specially designed with retractable lenses. This means they can be adjusted to suit each individuals needs and the best part is that they can be adjusted by the user with no need of a pediatrician. We will be carrying out research for Professor Silver of Oxford, the glasses inventor, to see how viable these glasses are in Asia and to see how people take to them. www.vdw.ox.ac.uk The third part of our plan involves the Futuresence charity. www.futuresence.co.uk/ourCharity.aspx We have merged our expedition in with the Future Sence foundation so that whislt we are in India, the country we intend to carry out a 6 week study into the glasses, we will be able to work under an already established circle of people offering help, the Future Sence charity has a basecamp in the North East. We are looking at basing this study in the North East as its a part of India often forgotten about and we feel needs some assistance. Merging our expedition with the foundation has enabled us to gain Charitable Status and it also means that any donations we recieve, fifty percent will go directly to the foundation enabling them to futher their projects such like the one in India. We have set up a donation page where people can pledge money to help us achieve our goals. www.justgiving.com/firstoverland2010 we have already raised the funds required for the Land Rovers refurbishment but we still need £20,000 in order to get to Singapore, please dig deep and help us achieve this life changing goal. Please spred the word about this expedition to friends and family as we need all the help we can get en route aswell. Thank you, The OxCam First Overland 2010 Team

[hilltoppersx]

awesome. take loads of pictures. i have read about those glasses online. pretty awesome