MEDIA
ADVISORY
Kanatek Everest
Expedition departing from Toronto Pearson International
Airport, Friday March 25th
Who?
Members of the Kanatek Everest expedition depart
Toronto Pearson International Airport on their
way to Kathmandu in Nepal.
The expedition party is led by Dr Sean Egan,
63, an accomplished mountaineer and professor
of Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa.
What?
The media is invited
to collect footage of the expedition party leaving
for Everest.
When & Where?
Friday, March 25th, 4.15pm, Departures Area,
Terminal One, Toronto Pearson International
Airport. The expedition is leaving on Air Canada
0880 to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris.
Some members of the expedition party will be
arriving from Ottawa International Airport at
4.07pm, when they will be met by the Toronto
members of the expedition party for a 6.45pm
departure from Terminal One.
Why?
There are several things that make this expedition
so compelling:
- The
expedition aims to put Dr Sean Egan on top
of Mount Everest as the oldest Canadian to
ever stand there
- The
expedition is based on collaborative
research between two Canadian universities – University
of Ottawa and Ryerson
- The
research data will be stored and backed up
remotely, via satellite, at Kanatek in Kanata,
which will act as a disaster recovery site
- The
expedition will link up with R.Tait McKenzie
Public School, in Almonte, via a live telecast
from Base Camp, and link to other schools
by amateur radio
- The expedition
is organising a game of shinny hockey on the
Khumbu Glacier at Everest Base Camp. They have
Team Canada jerseys, signed by Ron Ellis and
Paul Henderson, and are hoping to meet up with
a Russian expedition and challenge them to “The
Real Summit Series”
- The
expedition is raising money for two charities,
Child Haven International and Teen Ranch
More information
For more information on the Everest expedition
please go to: www.kanatek.com/everest.
Tim Redpath
Train of Thoughts
Office: (613) 836 9516
Cell: (613) 293 9310
Email: tim@trainofthoughts.ca
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