Thanks Paddlerzone

We popped into Paddlerzone and Dana kindly donated four tie downs and a bunch of nose plugs. It is great to have the tie downs to help cart the boats to and from the rivers. We are sure the girls will come across some rapids where the nose plugs will come in handy and for all times spent under the water perfecting their rolls.

Thanks Paddlerzone for your contribution and support.

Macpac keeping us warm

Macpac have made a sweet donation to the project, donating two tents which will be left to the Himalayan River Girls. Huge thanks to Macpac for their help with the project, to check out the Macpac website follow the link http://www.macpac.co.nz/

NAME CHANGE and SWEDES working hard

We heard from Inka the other day that the name Nepali Girls Kayak Club has been changed to the Himalayan River Girls. This has a nicer ring to it and also includes the girls who dont kayak but do raft. So Himalayan River Girls it is

We also heard from the Swedish girls who have been working hard to rasie more funds for the trip. They have been at a flee market in Uppsala, Sweden and managed to make some good money from it. Check out the links for more cool pics

http://www.upk.se/?p=61

http://picasaweb.google.se/UppsalaPaddlarklubb/200810LoppisVaksalatorg#


I can make out the words Nepal, thats about it.

Gear and Money update
After tearing my hair out a few times trying to be an accountant I think I have finally figured out how much we raised and what we spent it on so here it is.

Raffle - $2520
Sausage Sizzle by Western Heights Highschool year ten girls - $196
Edgecumbe Lions Club - $500
Methven Lions Club - $500
Emi Earle's Beanie knitting - $290
Donations: $600
- John Hooker
- Mike Ward
- John and Meagan Ward
- Greg and Hillary Turnbull
- Graham and Vivienne Campion
- Terry and Stephen Leggart
- Bronie Clayton

This is a total of $4606
so where did the money go ............................................................. read on to find out.

We have purchased the following items with the funds we have raised

- 4 Kayaks (Mini-mystic, method air, method, RPM)
- 3 x leader B.A's
- 3 x Hydraulics mumblies
- 7 x Day two neoprene wetsuit shorts
- 2 x kokotat semi dry tops
- 2 x rasdex semi dry tops
- 10 x nose plugs
- 3 x rescuebelt/towline/cowstail/biner
- 1 x second hand hydraulics race pro and 1 x second hand bomber dry tops (thanks to Ryan Hunt for the great deal on these two)
- 6 x sets of airbags
- 12 x river knives

We have a few hundred left, which we will give to Inka to put into the Himalayan River Girls fund for other expenses that may pop up for the Nepali girls

So if you have any questions about any of that, feel free to ask away. Thanks for keeping updated, Soph and the kiwi crew.

KEEN are keen as!!!

KEEN footwear are a company that make awesome shoes as well as having an awesome philosophy. They are committed to and support many social and environmental causes as well as being a company that actually care about the world we live in.

They are making a fantastic contribution towards this project by gifting a pair of KEEN footwear to every girl involved with the training programme. That's 34 pairs of KEEN shoes going to girls from Nepal, Sweden, the U.S.A, Wales, Australia and good old NZ. It's super exciting that we all get to sport the styley shoes during our adventure. A huge thanks goes out to KEEN for there amazing gift and help with this project.

Check out there very cool website at
http://www.keenfootwear.co.nz/

LOTS OF SUPPORT FROM NZ COMPANIES

Canoe and Kayak have been a huge help with this project, as was posted earlier in the blog they have donated 2 perception phats and all the gear to go with them. But also they have given us an amazing deal on a Method Air as well as a great prices on any other gear that needs to be purchased for the Nepali Girls.


Big Thanks to Mission Kayaking who have given us a fantastic discount on some styley B.A's here is a pic of what they look like.

Hydraulics have also given us a discount on some mumblies (3/4 fleece paddling pants), which will be great for keeping the girls nice and warm.

Hastings Great Outdoors have given us an awesome deal on 12 river knives to help keep everyone safe on the river .................. but mainly to cut tomatoes.

Girls can pee standing up too
Shewee are a company that makes a device for women that makes peeing in the outdoors a breeze. We are lucky enough to have had some 'shewee's' donated for the trip to Nepal and are we all excited and intrigued into seeing how these 'shewee's' work.

Thank you very much Shewee for your donation, to check out the Shewee website go to http://www.shewee.co.nz/