Adventures don't come any better than those we have planned for Summer 2012!
We pride ourselves on providing the best quality expeditions you can find and at a price that is affordable (we are a non profit making organisation). We provide training grants and help you fundraise. Visit our website www.leadingedge.org.uk to see what we have to offer.
Because we recruit a team of the very best candidates and then train them as a team, we are already looking at recruiting participants for Summer 2012 expeditions.
If you would like to apply for the most amazing adventure for 4-5 weeks next summer then read on!
Our main month-long expeditions are to:
- Tibetan plateau
- Canada
- Kenya
Prices between £1800-2500 are all inclusive (no hidden extras)
-see website for full details www.leadingedge.org.uk/expeditions
A bit more info?
Tibetan plateau (Moonlands) - 16 July - 16 August 2012
Objectives:
- To raft the headwaters of the Indus River
- To trek across the Moonlands of the Tibetan Plateau
- To mountain bike several high altitude routes to the Chinese border
- To complete a crossing of the Greater Himalaya
Canada - late July - August 2012
Objectives:
- To mountain bike across the Canadian Rockies from Vancover to Calgary
- To complete the West Coast trail; a wilderness trek on Vancouver Island
Kenya - mid July - mid August 2012
Objectives:
- Climb Mt Kenya to Point Lenana (16355ft).
- Community Projects in Murugi Location. Extension of Baragu Health Centre. Repairing classrooms and building new school facilities. Classroom teaching in our Chesil Partnership linked Primary and Secondary schools. Organising the Dorset Fun Day for 15 schools in Murugi Location.
- Special projects to assist needy children in the community.
- Rafting Tana River.
- Safari in Samburu or Masai Mara National Reserve.
Visit www.leadingedge.org.uk/expeditions to download an application form now!
Selection for the expeditions starts at the end of this summer so you need to get in quick as we always have more applications than spaces.
We have been running expeditions for over 25 years
We are approved for GOLD Duke of Edinburgh Award status in expedition and residential sections
We have won numerous prestigious awards including
- The Captain Scott Youth expedition for 2010
- The Sir Vivian Fuchs award
- Winston Churchill fellowships
- and we also have two leaders with MBE's!!
All our Leaders are very well qualified volunteers who pay their own costs so you do not subsidise them. They all have many years experience leading trips to the areas they are going to and you will be introduced to them from the outset. We don't just let anyone lead our expeditions; which means you get the VERY best quality leaders.
Don't just take our word for it!!
Testimonials
Sarah-Louise Kelly 2011.4.13 10:44
I was a member of the Cascades expedition 2008 and led peer led expeditions to the Dolomites 2009 and Corsica 2010.
The cascades expedition was an unbelievable experience! I met amazing people and completing such tough objectives greatly increased my confidence in my ability to take on difficult challenges. The fantastic experience of the cascades and the encouragement of the team leaders inspired me to lead a peer-led expedition to the Dolomites the following year. This was an all-girls(!) expedition to complete challenging Via Ferrata and the whole team felt extremely proud of what we managed to achieve under our own leadership.
I hope to continue to do a number of expeditions both in the UK and further afield, and Leading Edge Expeditions has given me the confidence, skills and inspiration to achieve this.
Steve and Kathy Byrne 2010.10.22 19:41
Thank you!
Max had such a wonderful experience in Alaska and we have thoroughly enjoyed the past month and a half listening to him recount your incredible adventure.
We would like to thank-you all for taking such care of him, allowing him to partake safely in this life changing experience.
He is an extremely lucky young man and he would do it all again tomorrow!
With Best Wishes
Steve and Kathy Byrne
Paul Pomeroy 2010.10.16 09:53
I went to Ecuador in 89 and can highly recommend it.....changed my life.........I think for the better!
Shelley Goodall 2010.10.12 11:23
I loved the chance to work with children in local schools, it really made me appreciate the education i received in the UK. I also made life long friends on the expedition and i can't wait to return.
James Monypenny 2010.10.11 12:22
At the end of this summer Sam Leach, Tom Nichols and myself embarked on an adventure to explore and climb virgin peaks in the Torugart-too area of Kyrgyzstan; they summited 3 virgin peaks and completed a 2nd accent by a new route.
Get inspired!
The remarkable thing about our trip is, well, nothing! Just three mates getting out there and having fun. We are average climbers, with a bit of ambition, creativity and drive. What is amazing and exciting is that the step from everyday life and setting off on an adventure of a lifetime is smaller than you imagine. The hardest step is deciding that you’re actually going to do it; everything else will fall into place. I hope writing this will inspire you to take those tentative steps into planning and going on a trip. The experience will be one you recite to your grandchildren, and look back upon affectionately. Set your ambitions high. Don’t listen to your self-doubt. Remember; there is no try; there is only do or do not.
Dr Frank Swinton 2010.10.9 10:40
I went on two expeditions as a team member,
India 92
Ecuador 95
and four as a leader:
Mexico 96
Indonesia 97
India 98
Ecuador 2007
The effect of Leading Edge expeditions on my life is impossible to overstate. When I first went to India I was a little shy and under-confident. My time on expeditions provided dozens of lifelong friends and a host of leadership, time management, stress management and decision making strategies and experience. Thanks in no small part to Leading Edge I have gone on to travel the world and succeed in an extremely competitive career.
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