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LECTURE NEWS: In February and March of 2013 lots of amazing people attended our lectures.These were hosted by our leader Dan Mazur and Ms. Samantha 'Squash' Falconer. Dan has summited Mt Everest 9 times and Mt. K2 twice. ‘Squash’ has reached the summits of both Cho Oyu and Mount Everest.

The audience witnessed breath-taking presentations. Incorporating beautiful photos and 'edge of your seat' action videos telling exciting stories of the climbs, mountains, environments and people they meet. This was all in the name of raising funds for charity/non-profit causes such as the ALL NEW www.SherpaTrainingSchool.org together with the Mount Everest Foundation for Sustainable Development, helping poor families living near Everest help themselves with Health, Education, Environmental and Cultural Preservation.

"Squash", who is 29, loves riding her motorbike from her house to the base of the mountain, climbing up to the summit with ice axe, ropes, and crampons, then jumping off in her paraglider. She has awesome movies and funny inspiring stories.

Dan Mazur is known for turning his Everest team around just below the summit in order to rescue a fallen Australian climber named Lincoln Hall, even when other teams walked past him and did nothing to help. Dan also is known for leading the K2 climb featured in Greg Mortenson's "3 Cups of Tea". Dan spins a fascinating selection of tales about tragedy and triumph on Everest, K2, and the rugged and remote mountains, cultures, and environments of Pakistan, Tibet, India, Nepal, and Central Asian Republics.

We are currently working to organize a selection of dates for 2014 throughout the world for these colourful 80 minute live multi-media presentations. Please let us know if you or a friend would like to host Squash and Dan at the venue of your choice. Thank you very much. To host a lecture or if you know of someone who might like to, please email: info@MountEverestFoundation.org .

WE CONTINUE OUR FOCUS ON "GIVING-BACK" AND HELPING THE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES WE VISIT.

In December 2012, we were in a remote roadless village near Everest and found several injured Sherpa children who needed help, including a badly infected baby, her mother, and a boy who lost his eye in an accident. Thanks to concerned donors, we brought these wounded and destitute Sherpas to Kathmandu, the exotic, friendly, and peaceful capital city of Nepal, where they received excellent lifesaving medical care, and returned to their villages in good shape. For more please visit: www.ServiceTrekNews.org.

We are very excited about our February-March 2013 charity fund raising presentation lectures where we will tell inspiring stories and show amazing photos of Everest and raise awareness, support, and new and used climbing and trekking equipment and clothing for the new www.SherpaTrainingSchool.org . Come out and participate in the presentations. Make new friends and meet the leaders and members of SummitClimb, SummitTrek, and the Mount Everest Foundation for Sustainable Development. Would you like to invite us and organise a lecture in your town? Please do, as there is still some availability in our schedule.

By the way, In July 2012 we gave back to international mountain communities when we offered a 100% free of cost Summer Glacier School to encourage new and old climbers, men and women of all ages and abilities from all over the world. Watch for news of our 2013 free of cost, no-charge winter and summer climbing schools open to everyone. www.CascadeGlacierSchool.org

The glacier school lines up on the moraine ascending to high camp. From the left, Rick, Heather, Jen, Bill, Maryana, Stephanie, Heather, Scott, Dale, Jeff, Allen, Abhi, Randy, Ulyana, Ania Kyler, Wes, Sonya, Tracy, Charlie, Stewart, Vance (Dan Mazur).

Dan Mazur is one of our lecturers and he presents an exciting one hour and ten minute interactive film photo show. Dan is known for leading Greg Mortenson's "Three Cups of Tea" expedition to K2 and the rescue of Lincoln Hall from just below the summit of Everest, which was featured on a special 1-hour NBC Dateline programme.

You may have heard of the tragic death of Briton David Sharp, blind climber Thomas Meier and a dramatic rescue on Everest in June, of an Australian named Lincoln Hall from just below the summit of Everest by our team of Myles Osborne from Warsash-Southampton, Phil Crampton from Nottingham, Andrew Brash from Calgary, Jangbu Sherpa and yours truly, Dan Mazur from Bristol and Seattle. The story was featured on Discovery Channel and NBC Today Show and Dateline. I thought you might be interested to see a 16 minute video of the Sharp and Meier tragedies and Hall Rescue, including Sir Edmund Hillary's (may God rest his soul) famous statement about how badly behaved modern climbers can be when forced to choose between giving up their own goals and rescuing a fellow climber. Not only does Dan's lecture highlight the inspirational and beautiful ascent of Everest, but also focuses on some of the deeper ethical controversies, which can shed light on the difficult choices all of us face in our daily lives.

2010-2011 lecture/presentation opportunities. Please tell all of your friends! Please click on a link below to view information about our lectures or just scroll down.

You are invited to attend lively video and slideshow presentations and discussions about Himalayan climbing and trekking around, in order to raise awareness and funds to help poor local farm families living on the 'wrong side' of Mt Everest in Nepal and Tibet, where tourists never go, to help themselves build local hospitals and schools, environmental and cultural preservation projects. Mt Everest and Mt. K2.

We encourage all of our leaders to make fascinating presentations around the world to companies, clubs, groups, etcetera; to share beautiful photos and action videos; to tell their exciting stories of the climbs, mountains, environments and people they meet, all in the name of raising funds for charity/non-profit causes such as the MEF.

We appreciate your thoughtful consideration in our eight year of raising funds for what we believe to be a very worthy charity/non-profit. Dan is an adventure speaker with more than 200 presentations about his 20 years of leading climbs and treks in the Himalayas to every type of group including schools, clubs, corporations, libraries, etcetera.

There is truly something for everyone in these shows, with exciting climbing and trekking stories, exotic landscapes, fascinating cultures, and interesting discussion about best practices in the rugged and remote mountains of Pakistan, Tibet, India, Nepal, and Central Asian Republics. Dan has presented in countless venues previously to a wide variety of audiences, including clubs, shops, schools, universities, companies, etcetera.

Would you please assist us by making suggestions as to charity non-profit fund raising possibilities, promotional strategies, likely venues, as well as audiences. We hope to organize a selection of dates throughout the world for these colorful 80 minute live multi-media presentations. back to top

Do you know of any group, school, university, club, shop, company, or other organization which might be interested? Please get in touch!! please email: info@MountEverestFoundation.org

I am extremely honoured to make a presentation to you and your group. We can tailor the presentation to fit your own needs. The most popular presentation is:

We don't have a speakers fee, but request a donation to the charity Mount Everest Foundation, working together with poor families living in the foothills near Everest building hospitals, schools, and environmental projects. Dan enjoys speaking to all groups and meeting people, its very fun for him and all for a good cause.

1. lcd type projector
2. dvd player/laptop
3. laptop with powerpoint
4. Extension leads from the mains to the center of the room
5. Multi point power strip
6. Screen (larger is better)
7. Loudspeakers (computer speakers will sometimes work)
8. Amplifier to power the speakers
9. Lead to connect laptop and cd player (headphone jack style) which will connect into the amplifier so the sound can go through the speakers.
10. Microphone which will work with the amplifier and speakers. This is necessary for groups larger than 20.
11. A person who knows how to connect everything, as I am terrible at this.

Please note: in addition to watching my power point presentation which will be run from your laptop using Powerpoint, (do you have Microsoft Powerpoint installed and configured?) the audience will be watching two films totaling 25 minutes. The film is going to be on a DVD disc running in your laptop computer, connected to a video projector you will provide. Have you tried watching a film on a DVD in your laptop? If not, please try that now to be sure it will work. Thanks.

Also, unfortunately, as these projectors do not have good loudspeakers (if any), you will need to provide good loudspeakers to connect to the computer so the audience can hear the soundtrack well. These type of loudspeakers need their own power source. "Computer speakers" that you plug into your home computer aren't loud enough for an audience of more than 20 people. When you are making your equipment plans, please be sure to speak with a person who understands the equipment needs, has setup and tested everything well beforehand, and will be able to be there on the night of the presentation and knows how to connect and troubleshoot everything, as I am terrible at this. I have had some shows that turned out to be silent movies when the computer software and/or audio equipment and hook ups failed! I recall an embarrassing moment for the rotary club of Malibu, when their 100 person audience sat through an 18 minute silent movie, when the 'computer speakers' someone brought from home were only audible from a five foot radius! Thanks very much for your attention to the equipment needs and please let me know if there are any questions. back to top

Tourists walking around at Kathmandu Darbar Square. Photo Linda. Cremation of human body at Arya Gath inside Pasupati Nath, one of the biggest Hindu temple in Kathmandu.

Monk and Money at Swayambhunath, one of the biggest Buddhist stupa in Kathmandu. Monkey at Monkey temple. Photo Deha Shrestha

A bit more about the charity/non-profit that the proceeds from our lectures benefit:

At this time, we would like to take the opportunity to send the heartfelt thanks to those who hosted and organised the lectures, and the generous audiences who came and donated, in order to raise funds for charity non-profit. The MEF is deeply indebted to you for all of your fine help and all that you have done. Thank You Very Much! Please scroll down to see the list of venues where Dan has lectured. back to top

After making an exciting Everest presentation, Squash Falconer from the www.MountEverestFoundation.org receives an extremely generous cheque from Lauren Montemayor of the Caltech Alpine Club on 7 March, 2013. Photo by Flo Tomlinson. Dan Mazur, Deaf Climber Sonya Wilson, and Squash Falconer at the CalTech Alpine Club Presentation, 7 March, 2013.

Do you know of any places anywhere in the world where we might present our exciting presentation? Please get in touch and email: info@MountEverestFoundation.org . Thank you very much for all of your kindness and helping the poor families of Nepal and Tibet to help themselves with health, education, environmental and cultural preservation.back to top