I am proud to say that we have achieved our very silly goal. We have held the world's highest dinner party at 6805 metres, on the side of Lhakpa Ri, Tibet. You can read more about our adventure in our newsletters or in the press section.

Whilst gallivanting in the mountains we also managed to raise over £30,000 for charity. Something we are immensely proud of.

Thanks to everyone who supported us.

We've done it ! I am proud to say that we have succeeded in our goal and got the world record, which we achieved on Monday May 3rd.

You can read more in our latest newsletter and the press release.

There are also more photos in the press photo section

[PAST NEWS BELOW] You can also read our expedition newsletters here.

We've started !

This update is being written from Kathmandu - the start of our challenge - on April 12th. The flight out was great but long (and thank you Qatar for the extra baggage allowance). We have had a full run through and the whole dinner looks great. The next step is to Lhasa, Tibet, where we will acclimatize for a few days. Then onward and upward to dinner.

Our next contact will be May 8th when we will come down and tell you whether we made it ! If you want to be first in the know then subscribe to the newsletter (use the links above).

Until then, best wishes

RECENT NEWS

We have had contact from our two members (Nakul Pathak and Andy McNamara already in Nepal. Here is their email postcard:

"Greetings from Nepal ! We are resting in Pokhara at the moment, being idle however is all well deserved as we just trekked around the Annapurna Circuit. The mountain scenery has been staggering. The highlight crossing the Thorung La, only a couple of hundred metres from the summit of some of the highest peaks in the world. The sheer extreme of environments we've crossed over the past weeks has been awe inspiring. Having walked along mountain rivers, through forests, onto snow and ice in sub zero temperatures to barren desert in the Mustang. This is a walk in the park however to what lies ahead. The Machhapuchhre dominates the landscape here and is a baby compared to what we have to climb in Tibet . Excitement and apprehension dominate!"

Tom has also recently been playing the scientist.....

"In an experiment this evening, under laboratory controlled conditions, the table has been erected at -26 degrees centigrade!!

I have just spent a very pleasant evening at a mate's house (who has a chest freezer). The table and my altitude watch were placed in the freezer which was turned up to maximum and the "booster" switched on. We all then ate dinner and went to the pub for two hours. On returning (and donning gloves), the watch was first removed which read -26 and (Nakul will be pleased by this) still worked! Very quickly, the legs were taken out and the lid shut ... the legs worked!! The cross slats were then removed and they worked too. Then ..... the big test! The top sections were removed and the plastic clips fitted to the table frame ..... IT WORKED!

On later inspection, one of the many clips showed a fracture line but was (and is) still viable. Given that only 1 of 12 clips showed any signs of fracture at -26 I think we can call it a successful test - coool!!

Tom B"

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