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PELAGIC NEWS LETTER NO28 - 27 May 2010
We are once again, nearing the end of our season. Pelagic Australis is soon
to depart Chile on her RYA Delivery up to the Rio de la Plata via the
Falkland Islands. The students are on board and raring to go! We have
enjoyed a full ship throughout the season and things are looking good for
2010/2011, so if you are keen for the coming year, better stick your hand up
now as there are few places left.
Read Skip’s story of his February ‘Ice With
Everything’ charter with his Swiss Italian friends. This was another
classic ‘sailing to climb’ expedition and proved a viable option for
competent climbers to our normal 21 day Antarctic cruise.
Zig zagging up the Wiggins Glacier
Click on the image for a Flash gallery of 60 photos from
this expedition>>
Skipper Stew Richardson and mate Jess Hay
are on holiday in the UK, while Miles Wise and Laura Parish are finishing
the season on Pelagic Australis in view of taking her over full time in
October, along with engineer ‘Swiss’ Chris Schutz.
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Skipper Stewart Richardson and mate Jess loading the rest of the stores
in Ushuaia
Meanwhile, engineer Chris Harris of the
Falklands has taken over Pelagic and will be spending the winter in the
Beagle Channel. Anyone interested in a few weeks of ski mountaineering based
from the boat? If so contact me!
The Swiss Italians will be back in mid July with myself, Stew, Jess and
Swiss for a deep winter climbing project – more on that to follow.
Pelagic Expeditions will be making a donation to the Chilean earthquake
relief effort through the Foundation Vertical in Santiago. I feel very
privileged in having enjoyed over 20 years of adventure in Chile and in
doing so have made many friends. In 2008 I struck up a strong relationship
with Rodrigo Jordan on the 2008 Nat Geo/Ocean Eight kayak expedition
(). Rodrigo, director of his adventure business
Vertical, immediately after the earthquake formed a wing of his foundation
of the same name called Programa Acompanar . . . .
Rodrigo, “Through Fundación Vertical
www.fundacionvertical.cl we have launched Programa Acompañar
to support the reconstruction effort. The work of this program will focus on
both short and long term recovery activities. It will draw on all of
Vertical’s strengths from those in the outdoors to improve living conditions
in makeshift camps, building local leadership and management capacities, to
our work with micro-enterprises to reestablish local businesses. Given our
fifteen years of work in the Fundación, we believe that it is essential to
look towards long-term support through capacity development to avoid
creating dependence. It will go beyond meeting primary needs of food and
housing. Our goal is to help these individuals and communities to regain
their autonomy, self-sufficiency and economic independence.”
For those of you who have experienced Chile with us over the years, please
read what it is all about and how to make a contribution. Foundation
Vertical is currently attempting to set up a 5013C Corporation in America
for American donors. For Information on Vertical and Rodrigo Jordan see
http://www.vertical.cl . For
information on Programa Acompanar in English see
http://www.fundacionvertical.cl/acompanar.en
Trips on offer for 2010/2011
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November South Georgia 1 place left
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February Antarctica 4 places left
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Tierra del Fuego April 1st 2 places
left
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Tierra del Fuego April 22nd open
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RYA Delivery to Cape Town open
Please see our web site www.pelagic.co.uk
for full details of these trips, found in the Programmes Menu
Cheers, Skip
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