JOIN THE K2K EXPEDITION!!!

Do you have you have a hunger for spreading environmental and youth awareness, climbing to great heights and getting lost in East Africa?!?

We are looking for an extra team member to join us from start to finish! 

Drop the K2K team an email: kape2kenya@gmail.com

Requirements for selection:      

• Must be able to join the entire expedition from 14 April until late July/August 2012
• Speak English (bonus, if you've got some swahili under your belt)
Rock climbing experience (esp. Traditional climbing) 
• Be a people person. You must be able to get a long within a group and play your part. 
• Must be able to communicate and interact with kids at the schools. 
• Must be able to cover all your own basic costs for the extent of the expedition (food, clothing, transport, etc.)                              

PLUS: If you have any neat skills, such as first aid, media savvy networks and anything like that, please let us know! 

Let us know if you have any questions about applying.

It's going to be EPIC, so don't miss out!!

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K2K's new LOGOs!!

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OUR NEW K2K LOGOs

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LIKE US!! KAPE TO KENYA 2012!!

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THIS TIME LAST YEAR- I was 5642ms higher than I am right now :)

Back Home...what an incredible time!!

The SOS hostel which we stayed at, this allowed us to visit the SOS Village which is an orphanage-it was an amazing time :)

Then we went to the SOS college and we saw the history of Ghana's most significant events, including slavery. I was able to talk about Reconciliation after the Apartheid and how we need to move forward and focus on current issues- ie. the Envionmental crisis and talking about RSA's and Ghana's past!

It was a trip which has inspired and taught me a lot. Its funny how I was also able to have fun at the same time!!!

RIGHT NOW I'M GETTING MUNCHED BY MOZI's IN Ghana

I'm one of eleven teens from Cape Town to be part of the "Young African leaders Tour". This is the first tour and we're creating connections with the Accra International SOS secondary school.

We're touring around from Accra (capital) through many towns and cities to Cape Coast where we're getting a clear picture of what actually happening concerning the slave trade and where ghana is today....and how south Africa can be part of the solution!!

This is going to be a awesome asset for KAPE TO KENYA next Year!!

protest against the annual slaughter of 85000 seal pups in Namibia!

PROTEST FRIDAY!! 17th JUNE 2011!! Waterfront CAPE TOWN

Protest Action of annual Namibian Seal Slaughter- BE THERE!

Each year, 85 000 baby seals, still suckling from their mothers teats, get savagely beaten to death on the beaches of Namibia. A further 6 000 adult bull seals get shot at point blank range so that their penises can be used to make an ineffective aphrodisiac.

We say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. We have made repeated calls to the Namibian Government to end this massacre, we have provided alternative solutions in terms of eco-tourism, but there are none so deaf as those who shall not hear.

We will be holding a PEACEFUL demonstration on the 17th of June. All are welcome to attend. As a show of solidarity and to create a visual impact, supporters are asked to wear black and red. Bring your own posters, get creative!

PLEASE INVITE FRIENDS
PLEASE REPOST TO YOUR WALL
PLEASE INFORM THE MEDIA

For further queries, you can contact Pat Dickens via e-mail TheSealsOfNam@gmail.com or via the website https://sites.google.com/site/thesealsofnam/

HAPPY Environment Day!!

"URBAN FOREST"

Megan, fellow YEP, as well as her father was with me on the 5th of June 2011 for World Environment Day.

We were at Pinelands High school where there had been a big chunk of pavment riped out the ground for a green leaved friend.

Unlike the Northern part of the planet, S.A is in a cold spill and thats why one tree was a fair deal for NOW...

Pinelands High has pledged to make a !!FOREST!! at the school in August 2011!!

We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children."

Ancient Indian Proverb

APPLY for the YEP USA Expedition!

APPLY for the 10th YEP Expedition to the USA!

Its 100% free and 150% life change- well.. I should know :)

Apply online: http://www.mikehorn.com/en/yep/young-explorers-program/online-application-canada/

What was happening this time last year!!

The 5th PANGAEA Selection Camp to the Himalaya's!

May 2010

Handing over collections!

The handing over of collections to Epilepsy SA at CAPESTORM in Wynberg.

For more on my next adventure ‘KAPE to KENYA 2012'

go to http://www.kape2kenya.blogspot.com/

WHAT A KID!- This is what Y.G.S is all about!

"When Cole found out that Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) was cutting down trees in wetland forests in his home state of North Carolina, he took a small group of his friends to KFC headquarters to speak to KFC executives and deliver over 6,000 petition letters. They urged the company to be a leader in environmental business by using more post-consumer recycled paper in their packaging.

The two executives gave each child a paper voucher for $5 off their next KFC purchase and sent them on their way. KFC has not made any changes to their environmental policy."

Here is Cole's story

http://www.care2.com

http://www.care2.com/causes/environment/blog/4th-grader-asks-kfc-to-use-post-consumer-recycled-paper/#comment_form

CHECK out the Vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIQUcDt1dhE

23 JULY 2010! Summit Push- NORTH FACE Mt Elbrus (5642m)

"Eco&Youth Empowerment for Tomorrow; In 2012 an expedition from Cape Town, S.A to Africas 2nd highest peak will begin! It is an Environmental initiative where we'll be traveling +14000km ONLY by PUBLIC transport & Sustainable means! However! Being a youth project...we will be stopping at Schools, where we'll be teaching pupils about creating and implementing a more sustainable and greener environment for everybody! Finishing it all at 5199m above sea level!!"

CHECK: kape2kenya.blogspot.com

KAPE to KENYA

OK....

What a way to start the morning! I managed to get onto Ryan O'Connor's, 94.5 KFM, Breakfast Show!

It was a short interview , but what a way to spread the KAPE to KENYA 2012!

IRONY, a year from today K2K will be starting!-14th April 2012

The COUNT DOWN HAS BECOME!

Check: kape2kenya.blogspot.com

Thanks to 94.5 KFM!

FRACKOFF!- Stop fracking in the Karoo

http://www.frackoff.org/

THE LAUCH!- "Bummer the camera didn't"

Low-down of the Presentation!!

The presentation went great, I spoke in front of roughly 50 people. It was small yet neat.

I presented my PANGAEA Himalayan Expedition AND MT. Elbrus, North Face

Basically, KAPE to KENYA has been officially launched.

its a new an unique expedition

incorporating PANGAEA & EPILEPSY S.A

Instead of flying through to Kenya...

We have decided to take ONLY public transport(taxi's, public buses, bicycles, ETC) up through Africa! Covering 6 African nations. and at the end attempting Africa's 2nd highest peak.

Why, this will be a green initiative. Raising awareness about Global Warming and destruction of our environment, which we've done. Why public transport? the idea of using public transport and carpooling is something which needs to become more popular (saving fossil fuels, lowering noise and air pollution, ECT.).

FINALLY! on our way up we'll be stopping at schools- sharing the idea of growing up and living in a sustainable community- A GREENER FUTURE!!

So, if it can be done up through Africa it can be done anywhere.

GET INVOLVED. SUPPORT THE CAUSE

PANGAEA Himalaya Expedition June 2010- Northern Pakistan

PANGAEA PEAK (6170m)

Recap!!!

Recap........

OK, I've been out of touch with the whole blogging thing, no excuses.

2010- OK, how do I start to express how much it changed my view on life and how it changed me. I'm only 17, but it feels like I've been on this mortal coil for so much longer. Why?

From the last post,Yep, I did get through to the Himalaya expedition :) We spent a month in North Pakistan, Karakoram! The trip took us onto Baltorro Glacier, we researched the affect of Climate Change on the icy wilderness, we were the "Ginni-pigs" for the Mayo Clinic, and then Mike Horn lead an assault on an Uncharted "Virgin" Peak. We summited it, all 6170m's of it PANGAEA Peak!!
What made this something truly unique- the people of Pakistan. We get this stereotypical impression from our western ideals that the Middle East is full of bombs and violence, however all i saw was friendly and helpful people who live in a harsh and different environment.

Check the pix out!!