20th July - Our World Challenge Adventure - A talk by Laura Bailey
WORLD CHALLENGE EXPEDITION TO BORNEO AND MALAYSIA JULY 2014
Hugh Clarke writes: Our speaker on Monday 20th July was Laura Bailey, one of the World Challenge participants that we helped with a donation for her expedition to Borneo and Malaysia in July last year.
She had prepared a presentation with Suzie Jones to give us a flavour of their experiences on their travels. Sadly Suzie was unable to come along but Laura did a sterling job on her own.
All of last years World Challenge applicants were interviewed to determine their enthusiasm, motivation, commitment and objectives and, I have to say, all the girls who applied were very impressive.
One particular comment from Laura’s interview was that her first interest in participating was stirred by the mention of Borneo being the home of the Orang Utan. She held a long standing desire to be able to see them in the wild. Having taken the hook she worked hard to raise the money to be able to go. This was when she met Suzie who was going on the same expedition but was at a different school. They worked a lot together on raising their funds and have now become close friends, just one of the benefits from taking part.
Laura had put together a complete photo presentation on the phases of their month long visit, covering acclimatisation, trekking in the jungle, working with local villagers deep in the jungle and, finally, four days R & R in Kuala Lumpur before flying home.
One of the things she managed to do was to banish the sceptics view of these trips as a “ Jolly “. The participants had to put up with very basic conditions, insects, heat etc. Accommodation, transport and meals were not pre booked so self-reliance is needed and working with villagers gives a lot back
We had a very interesting insight into the make up and benefits of these trips. At the interviews we met a slightly shy girl, a little apprehensive about the undertaking but well prepared to give it her best. Monday showed us a confident, articulate and capable young lady well able to face a challenge.
We wish her the best with her studies at Falmouth University.
Laura being introduced by Rtn Hugh Clarke.
27th July - Rally Driving - a talk by Simon Chapman
On 27 July we had an interesting and entertaining talk on Rally Driving from Simon Chapman. I met Simon a few years ago when he joined 41 Club and have known about his rallying from the start but it was only at our AGM in April, when he was telling me about his last mishap, that I thought about a possible presentation to which he was happy to agree.
Simon is a successful local business man but has always found the time to indulge his passion and talent for his chosen sport. He has done so with much success. This year he is currently running second in his class, in spite of "mishaps".
The stills and particularly videos in his presentation show graphically the degree of skill and precision required and the consequences of even a small error, his missing a correct line in a corner and rolling nine and a half times across a field before coming to rest.
One of the questions at the end of the presentation was "do you have a death wish?" Simon’s response was that there is a significant degree of risk but that must be reduced as far as possible in the preparation of the car. It is very powerful and light but VERY strong, particularly the inbuilt strengthening cage. Additionally the fireproof clothing, crash helmets and neck supports provide further safety. The benefits of these precautions is that, even after nine and a half rolls, the cabin and occupants were still intact. Simon and his co-driver walked away from the wreckage.
A vote of thanks was given by Peter Rainey with an enthusiastic response from Rotarians.
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