Journey to Expedition location

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Departure

The team have now left the UK!!! Leaving a miserable London morning behind (and some miserable BSES staff...) the team will arrive in Delhi at 11pm Local time.

All leaders and YE's in very high spirits!!!

10 Days to go!!!

10 days to go before 42 intrepid Young Explorers depart for the Nubra Valley in the Indian Himalayas!

Keep on checking the blog for the latest info!!!

Jamie - expedition coordinator

Expedition Info

Click the interactive pdf below to read a brief overview of this year's extreme Arctic expedition:

Read more about the expedition on the BSES website - CLICK HERE

Open publication - Free publishing - More mountains

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

Support BSES

BSES is a youth development charity that has been running fieldwork expeditions since 1932. Our work simply wouldn't be possible without our funders, supporters and fantastic volunteer leaders.

If you feel you would like to contribute towards expeditions in future years and help more young people develop into more rounded individuals, you can do so by clicking the link below.

If you would like to support our charity, any amount large or small will be greatly appreciated. To find out more about BSES use the links on the right hand side.

Click below to donate now. Thank You!

Ladakh Expedition 2010

This expedition will be running again next year to enable us to conduct year on year fieldwork and build up a body of knowledge.

We are now taking applications for next years expedition as well as for other 2010 expeditions:

Peruvian Amazon - Indian Himalaya - Svalbard Summer - Arctic Kayaking - Svalbard Spring

If you are between 16-23 and up for a potentially life-changing challenge, download an application form HERE

It could be you next year!