Doug Scott Port Protection Fund Raiser At RGS

The International Porter Protection Group - IPPG - is holding a fund-raising evening at the Royal Geopgraphical Society in November featuring legendary mountaineer Doug Scott and Ben Ayers.

The purpose of the evening is 'to highlight the heroic lives and cultures of Nepalese mountain porters' with proceeds raised from the event aimed at benefitting the porters and their communities.

It should be well worth attending with Doug Scott presenting a new talk 'Ogre to Everest' which will 'recall the courage and comraderie displayed by his porters during his epic expedition off the Ogre when he broke both legs.' Scott, of course, is well known for his work with local communities in the Himalaya - see links to previous OM articles at the bottom of this page for an interview with the man himself.

Ben Ayers, the founder of Porters Progress will be supplementing Doug's lecture with a presentation on how the trekking community has helped, and can help further, Nepal's porters.

The evening takes place on Tuesday 11 November at 7pm, venue is the RGS in Kensington Gore. Tickets for the evening are £10 with proceeds going to Porters Progress, Community Action Nepal (Registered Charity No.1067772) and the Hopeful Home for Helpless Children and Orphans, Kathmandu.

To order your tickets call 020 8870 2600, email uk@ippg.net or send a cheque (payable to IPPG) with s.a.e. to Porters Progress lecture, IPPG, 3 Northfields Prospect, Putney Bridge Road SW18 1PE.

For more information on the IPPG see their web site also that of the evening's other beneficiary Medical Expeditions a research charity dedicated to investigating the mechanisms of altitude related illness.