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NOVEMBER 09 - GEORGE ROBINSON RETURNS SAFELY Thu 17/09/2009 WITH A HUGE RELIEF FROM ALL PARENTS CONCERNED - THE WHOLE EVEREST TEAM RETURNED SAFELY FROM NEPAL AND THE SUMMIT OF KALA PATTHAR- 5,545 METRES - HIGHER THAN EVEREST BASE CAMP! WHAT AN EXPERIENCE FROM A PARENTS POINT OF VIEW AND FROM GEORGE OUR 16 YEAR OLD SON - HE CAME BACK A STONE LIGHTER, WHICH WAS CONCERNING AS HE HAD NO WEIGHT TO LOOSE! GEORGE TOLD MANY STORIES BOTH SAD AND HAPPY BUT CAME BACK A HUMBLED TEENAGER (NOT MANY OF THEM ABOUT THESE DAYS) - THE HUMBLED BIT LASTED ABOUT A WEEK (ONLY JOKING)- NO SERIOUSLY THOUGH, GEORGE AND HIS TEAM MATES HAVE LEARNED MANY POSITIVE LESSONS WHICH WILL BE WITH THEM FOR MANY YEARS. IF YOU CLICK ON LINK BELOW THERE IS AN ARTICLE JUST RELEASED TODAY 23.11.09 ABOUT BUNNY, ONE OF THE TEAM WHO BECAME VERY ILL, VERY QUICKLY AND WAS RESCUED BY HIS TEAM AND THEIR SHERPAS. THANK YOU AGAIN TO VALTRA TRACTORS UK FOR THEIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT,LOCAL PEOPLE, CUSTOMERS AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR ALL THEIR SUPPORT. KIND REGARDS, CHRISTINE ROBINSON |