Team Himalaya 2009

A BSES expedition is formed of one or more 'fires'. A Fire is a group of people that historically would hold 12 people in total as this was the number that the founding member of the society, Surgeon Commander George Murray Levick , believed fitted best around a camp fire.

Below are the Fires and their leaders:

Valley 1

	Indus Fire		Shyok Fire
Leader	Rob Lavin	Leader	Susan Ljensen
Young	Laura Smith	Young	Grace Fforde
Explorers	Melissa Vipond	Explorers	Rosie Halcrow
	Rebecca Ellison		Tamsin Dyke
	Connor Murray-Kirk		Alex Van Tuyl
	David Leyland		Harry Kirwan
	George Nodder		Jonathan Dixon
	Harry Streuli		Matthew Allen
	Joshua Vincent		Robert Henderson
	Leo Bodger		Tim Fay
	Richard Moore
	William Sandcraft
Leaders not assigned to fires	Chris Horobin Emily Baker Andrew Pieri		Kath Baldock Josh Davis
Valley 2
	Karakorum Fire		Zanskar Fire
Leader	Mick Pawley	Leader	Simon Watson
	Dave Farrow
		Young	Emily Roberts
Young	Elizabeth Culwick	Explorers	Rosie Bettle
Explorers	Rosanna Jury		David Peacock
	Victoria Cox		Luke Buswell
	Jack Kennedy		Martin Cherry
	James Curtis		Salem El Mouden
	James Togher		Scott Andrews
	John Waters		Stephen Harcus
	Maximilian Hodges		Stephen Skews
	Michael Smith		William Innes
	Nabil Azouaoui
Leaders not assigned to fires	Samuel Swift Mick Pawley Neil Smith Mary Slingo		Carolyn Mills Tim Ward-Wilson