Doug Scott CBE, legendary mountaineer,
‘A Crawl Down the Ogre'
7.30 pm, Thursday 27th November 2008

Doug Scott, the first Briton to reach the summit of Everest, is giving an illustrated talk in Oxford on Thursday 27th November to raise funds for the charity Community Action Nepal (CAN) which he set up 10 years ago.

Doug Scott will recount the perilous descent that he and Chris Bonington made in 1977 from from the Ogre in the Pakistan Himalayas after Scott broke both legs at the summit. Bonington then broke his ribs and the two men had to find tremendous mental and physical resources to get off the mountain and survive.

For Scott, “after breaking my legs in a mishap at the summit, the descent became a test of will power and survival instinct, crawling and abseiling off the mountain. It was a severe lesson which I was lucky to survive and am not anxious to repeat”.

All the money raised at the talk will help Community Action Nepal to fund health posts, schools, clean water projects and porter rescue shelters in the mountain regions of Nepal. The 40 new and existing projects benefit around 150,000 Nepali people and cost around £100,000 year to support. Visit their website at www.canepal.org.uk.

For Doug Scott, the main reason for CAN’s existence is to increase the general happiness of the Nepalese hill people. “CAN provides a vehicle for hill walkers, mountaineers and the general public to support improvements in health and education in Nepal. By supporting this CAN event in Oxfordshire, you will help to make a real difference on the ground in Nepal.”

Oxford University's Saïd Business School are supporting the event by providing the venue for the talk.

Event type: Lecture
Venue: University of Oxford Saïd Business School, Park End Street

Tickets: £12.50/£10 concessions, available from Blacks in St Aldate's,
or by phone on 01865 778536. Some tickets may be available at the door.