We’ve decided on a venue and a date for our 2008 Open Day.
We’ll be having a “Society Social” on Friday 28th November, followed by a day of presentation preparation and practice on Saturday 29th November. On Saturday evening the open day comes to it’s exciting conclusion with presentations from the 2008 expeditions to Alaska and Mongolia.
All this will be taking place at Hesley Wood, more details will be available nearer the time.
What do you think? We think we need to liven up our image a bit so we can attract the bright young things that would like to go exploring the wild regions of this world given half the chance. Maybe our traditional looking “20 pence” logo is cute, but we need to engage the curious and adventurous using visual language that they understand and are savvy with.With that in mind we’ve had a couple of ideas drawn up, including a nod to the traditionalists with a simplified version of the current logo. We’d like to know what you think, so let us know using the poll below. Read More
Paul McGreavy, the leader for this year’s expedition to Tibet has put together a video clip summary of the trip.
We’ve already decided that we’re going to Kenya in 2009, but hopefully joining Kenya as a 2009 destination is India. Planning is in it’s earliest stages and we’ll have to wait and see if the trip will be viable, but it’s looking quite good, so brush up on your Hindi, Dogri, Gujarati, Urdu, Punjabi, Kashmiri and more, and send us an email if you want to get involved.
As for 2010, well, we’re almost definitely going to return to the Grand Canyon for rafting and trekking - always a favourite in the YSES five year cycle. On top of the expedition to the Grand Canyon, planning is underway for a trek through the Egyptian desert and up to the top of Mount Sinai, and tentative preparations have begun into the possibility of a return to Peru, another favourite destination of YSES.
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Tony Whiting is holding a meeting for those already “signed up” for YSES Alaska 2008 on Wednesday 17th October at 1830-2030 at Leeds University Business School. Any other interested individuals are invited to make contact and to attend that event, contact by email: tony@lubs.leeds.ac.uk
To See a map of the location, Read More
