Previous World Record = 187

Dave Pritt, Director of Adventure Peaks and friends Ian McKeever and John Whittle are attempting to break the world record for climbing the seven summits.

The Team Leader: Dave Pritt

John Whittle

Ian McKeever www.takemehigher.ie

The Team

Leader : Dave Fisher

Sarah Adams Philip Dockerill
Stephanie Sweeney Gavin Mackenzie
Paul Sweeney Robert Henderson
Daniel Munns Thomas Kuhr
Moshe Ibelo  

9th Jan - The final team members flew home in the early hours of this morning.

4th Jan SUCCESS - All the team reached the summit of Uhuru Peak on Kilimanjaro this morning. The team are tired but jubilant. They will have their last night of camping at Mweka tonight before trekking back down to Mweka gate and then travelling back to Moshi. A big 'well done' to all the team.

Leaders - Chris Szymiec & Max Hunter

Mark Burley 
Paul Etheridge
Philip Stepp 
Viviane Cotes
Simon Hewes 
Andrew Pendleton
Rony Mukherjee 
Ali Lewis
Alan Coles 
David Robins
Ashley Bickerstaff 
Dorothy Stirling
Christian Myrdahl 
Ross Hill

The Team Robin Beadle  (Leader)

George Atkinson

Geordie Stewart

Peter Ellis

27th December SUCCESS - Robin and the team reached the highest summit in Antarctica today at 12:30pm local time

The Team Leader : Chris Horobin

Richard Cotton
Stephen Hayes
David Walton
Nigel Bond
Paul Thelwell
Melvyn Middleton
Daniel Morgan
Alistair Cumming
Robert Town

24th Nov The team are back in Kathmandu safe and well. They have a few days in Kathmandu to enjoy the sights before they return home.

20th Nov Chris plus 7 of the team reached the summit of Island Peak. Richard decided not to attempt the summit and stayed at BC. The team are now heading back down to meet Dan at Dingboche and will trek out over the next few days.

The Team Leader : Robin Beadle

Edward Farrelly
Craig Dunderdale
Roger Owen
William Colson
Guy Bond

4th Nov: Success!  Despite the recent bad weather Robin, Ed, Craig, Nuru and Nerpu reached the summit this morning. Robin and Craig are currently at Camp 2, Ed is at Camp 1. We lost signal on the sat phone before we could find out where William and Roger got to. We'll update this once we get back in touch with Robin.

The Team Leader : Zac Poulton

Matthew Smith
Victoria Smith
Carrie Gibson
David Shorthouse
Paul Taylor
Allan Isherwood

8th Nov Everyone has arrived back safely in the UK.

4th Nov The team arrived back in Namche yesterday and will be heading back to Lukla today.

1st Nov Unfortunately the weather did not clear until 9am (local time) this morning, and deposited 6-8 inches of fresh snow overnight. The decision was made to descend. The team are now back at base camp, except for Matthew who stopped at camp 1 for a rest and will continue down to base camp tomorrow. Tomorrow the team will rest, whilst the sherpa team bring down the remaining tents and kit, then the team will depart base camp for the trek back over the following 2 days.

24th Nov The team are back in Kathmandu safe and well. They have a few days in Kathmandu to enjoy the sights before they return home.

20th Nov Chris plus 7 of the team reached the summit of Island Peak. Richard decided not to attempt the summit and stayed at BC. The team are now heading back down to meet Dan at Dingboche and will trek out over the next few days.

The Team Leader : Mike Bradford

Jack Ruffles
Thomas Young
Stefan Long
Eddie Walker
Olga Johnson
Olga Cileckova
Ian Appleton
Graeme Hodgson
Roger Lord

8th Nov: 5 members of the group and the leader reached the summit of Lobuche East, including Jack, Stefan, Olga, Olga, Graeme, and Mike. Everyone is now back down at the East Lobuche base camp, tired but all happy. Well done everyone!

The Team

• Leader : Rob Wymer
• Elaine Fendall Nicholas Fendall
• Davina Fendall Christopher Harper
• Steven Moore Paul Simpson
• Andrew Morgan Hayley Gibbs
• Alexandra Devall Jane Thorley
• Kath Thorley Karen Marsh