We do get a lot of demand for sponsoring - it would be tempting to say "yes" almost every time, because we know that an IRIDIUM, THURAYA or BGAN can make an expedition so much safer, but financially it is obviously not possible to accept every request.

Our criteria is perhaps "selfish" - the projects that we accept to sponsor must be special and go beyond what has been done before. Our contribution is small as compared to the significance of some of the projects. It is sometimes the person that is special sometimes it is the magnitude and audacity  of the project  - when the come together you have the synergy that make it so truly special!

Organisations, expeditions and projects that we are proud to sponsor - for a valid reason,,, are:

 

Mike Horn’s Philosophy

Today the world is striving to find a solution...a solution for global warming and the creation of a sustainable future for the planet. The world and its elements are Mike Horn’s playground, his life blood and his passion. He too, would like to find a solution for this global problem.

“Caring for our life source should be a priority to everyone that benefits from it. The problem today is that we are losing contact with nature, forgetting its beauty and most importantly, losing hope.

We must now accept our responsibilities and by working together with hard work, ingenuity, drive and courage, we can complement each other and find new energy of hope and ambition.  

Together we can tap the world’s most powerful energy source – the younger generation.”  

Mike Horn 

www.mikehorn.com

Xavier Rosset,

Xavier spent 300 days (and nights,,,) alone on an island called Tofua, situated in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, in the Archipelago of Tonga.

Note totally alone towards the end he found a friend ,,, a small black pig,

We don'd know if he forgot something on Tofua ... but wiht three friends he went back for some weeks in June of this year!

www.xavierrosset.com

Sarah Marquise:

I’m going to cross Mongolia, China, northern India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Myanmar on foot to meet up with the Mekong River banks in Laos. I will then set out down the river in a dugout and end up in the sea at the southern extremity of Vietnam.

My feet will touch land again in Borneo from where I will head to northern Australia. Then one last 3'000 km effort across the Australian deserts will be necessary to reach Australia’s southern extremity.

Point of arrival ,,, after 24 month walking

a specific place where the sandy desert ends and where the ocean begins: «Nullarbor plain». There is a tree and nothing else in all directions, barren and real. I took note of this GPS coordinate several years ago and promised myself I would return some day...

It will take a lot of seasons, sand, wind, humidity, cold, heat, altitude, jungles, deserts, and mountains to get to my little tree...

I invite you to follow my preparations and my adventure... and who knows, maybe replenish me along the way?

You wan to know where she is?

Voici la position de Sarah

http://www.spotadventures.com/trip/view?trip_id=207445

www.sarahmarquis.ch

Vincent Scheidegger was running 4000 miles to raise money for an hospital in Tibet ,,,, Nicolle Niquille Foundation

running for 5 month! Vincent reached 14 basecamps 8000 mètres, like l’Everest, l’Annapurna ou le K2. Summits located in Pakistan, Népal, China and India.

He came back home with his wife and young son in the Jura before christmas 2009!

www.vincent-aventures.ch/base-camp.htm

At the same time as we assist Vincent we a pleased to contribute to Nicole's effort to maintain the hospital in Lukla.

Udate December 15th 2009

Vincent Scheidegger vient d'accomplir son périple à travers l'Himalaya !

 

  • 100 jours pour…effectuer 3’300km à pied et rejoindre les 14 camps de base des montagnes de plus de 8’000m !
  • 100 jours à… franchir de nombreux cols de plus de 5’000m.
  • 100 jours entre…neige, glace, roche et poussière, pour atteindre Lukla, Népal et soutenir une communauté montagnarde défavorisée...

 

 

 

The journey

From San Paulo to Lima ,,, on a bike!

Mathieu Gould, a young multinational, has been riding his bike for 1000s of kilometres and this journey that he will start in April of this year will add another 6.500km

 

An incredible adventure – all we do from our side is to make sure he has his IRIDIUM and a PLB

 

Follow this spectacular challenge - http://www.saopaulo-lima.ch/

 

 

 

Element3, c’est une histoire unique qui nous rassemble tous autour d’un rêve, devenu projet et qui devient progressivement réalité !

Element3 - sail, bike and mountain-climbing all in the same project.

 

Element3 - 3 young doctors Jessica, Pierre and Guénolé - do not pretend “to save the world" but to propagate a message about the vulnerability of the ecosystem, malnutrition of infants.

Follow their progress and read about their adventures www.element3.ch

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Element3 n’a pas la prétention de résoudre les problèmes liés à la pollution de notre planète mais désire porter un message de préservation de notre écosystème.

Atteindre le plus haut sommet du continent sud-américain depuis nos Alpes suisses, sans moyen motorisé.

Egalement désireux d’une égalité des individus face à l’accès aux ressources vitales, nous participons, au travers de notre aventure, à la prévention de la dénutrition infantile.

Element3, une grande noria qui s’attache à démontrer que l’énergie douce doit être la solution de demain et qui aimerait, avec votre participation, montrer qu’au travers de chaque action personnelle il existe la possibilité d’aider les plus démunis par des moyens simples et efficaces.

Voir l'itinéraire et progression de leur expédition des Alpes suisses vers l'Aconcagua en Argentine www.element3.ch