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Duo raise £42K with seven day Norwegian ice trek
INTREPID duo Paul Brett, a property developer, and Sean O'Connor, a recruitment consultant, have safely returned from an arduous Arctic challenge.
Mr Brett, 33, from Nightingales Lane, Chalfont St Giles, and Mr O'Connor, 35, from Hedgerley Lane, Beaconsfield, spent seven days travelling the snow-covered wastes of northern Norway by dog sled.
With each in charge of their own team of six huskies they crossed 250 km of Arctic wilderness staying overnight in basic camps and enduring temperatures of between -30 and -35 degrees centigrade.
The trek raised a massive £42,000 for charity British Institute for Brain Injured Children (bibic) which helps children with a range of learning difficulties.
Mr Brett, a director of Amersham development firm Inland Homes, said: "It was an extremely challenging trip which has left us very tired but elated to have successfully completed the challenge. Despite both getting frost bite and numerous bumps along the way we covered 250km in temperatures averaging minus 20 degrees but reaching minus 32 degrees at times."
The duo were part of a group of eight people accompanied by a local guide and a cold-weather trained medic. They had to carry all their own food and equipment and be responsible for their own dog tea.
Bibic provides a lifeline to families from all over the UK by working closely with children with complex and demanding conditions such as cerebral palsy, Down's syndrome, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia and other learning difficulties.
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