<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gml='http://www.opengis.net/gml' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/base/user/mark.hannaford</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:06:48 +0000</lastBuildDate><category domain='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'>http://schemas.google.com/photos/2007#user</category><title>Mark's Photo Gallery</title><description/><image><url>http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/AAAApweZVlA/AAAAAAAAAAA/KjE0B6Jf0EU/s64-c/mark.hannaford.jpg</url><title>Mark's Photo Gallery</title><link>http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford</link></image><link>http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford</link><managingEditor>Mark</managingEditor><generator>Picasaweb</generator><openSearch:totalResults>23</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>1000</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/base/user/mark.hannaford/albumid/5147417257070615041?alt=rss&amp;hl=en_GB</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:28:12 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-20T20:28:12.427Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'>http://schemas.google.com/photos/2007#album</category><title>Expedition and Wilderness Medicine</title><description>&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0 5px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/ExpeditionAndWildernessMedicine"&gt;&lt;img style="border:1px solid #5C7FB9" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R29MuR5o2gE/AAAAAAAACZg/1O0SJ6pOaEs/s160-c/ExpeditionAndWildernessMedicine.jpg" alt="Expedition and Wilderness Medicine"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Expedition and Wilderness Medicine | www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk, is the foremost provider of medical training courses aimed at preparing medical professionals for working in remote location far from help.

It has a number of courses from Expedition Medicine run in Lake District of Cumbria, Polar Medicine in Norway, Jungle Medicine in Costa Rica, Diving Medicine in Oman and Desert Medicine in fabulous Namibia.

UK | Expedition Medicine course http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/uk.php 
Polar Medicine | Norway http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/polar.php
Junle Medicine | Costa Rica http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/jungle.php
Diving Medicine | Oman http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/diving.php
Desert Medicine | Namibia http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/desert.php&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Date: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;20 Feb 2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Number of Photos in Album: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;48&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/ExpeditionAndWildernessMedicine"&gt;&lt;font color=\"#3964C2\"&gt;View Album&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><link>http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/ExpeditionAndWildernessMedicine</link><author>Mark</author><media:group><media:content url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R29MuR5o2gE/AAAAAAAACZg/1O0SJ6pOaEs/ExpeditionAndWildernessMedicine.jpg' type='image/jpeg' medium='image'/><media:credit>Mark</media:credit><media:description type='plain'>Expedition and Wilderness Medicine | www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk, is the foremost provider of medical training courses aimed at preparing medical professionals for working in remote location far from help.

It has a number of courses from Expedition Medicine run in Lake District of Cumbria, Polar Medicine in Norway, Jungle Medicine in Costa Rica, Diving Medicine in Oman and Desert Medicine in fabulous Namibia.

UK | Expedition Medicine course http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/uk.php 
Polar Medicine | Norway http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/polar.php
Junle Medicine | Costa Rica http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/jungle.php
Diving Medicine | Oman http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/diving.php
Desert Medicine | Namibia http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/desert.php</media:description><media:keywords/><media:thumbnail url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R29MuR5o2gE/AAAAAAAACZg/1O0SJ6pOaEs/s160-c/ExpeditionAndWildernessMedicine.jpg' height='160' width='160'/><media:title type='plain'>Expedition and Wilderness Medicine</media:title></media:group></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/base/user/mark.hannaford/albumid/5166209034003526849?alt=rss&amp;hl=en_GB</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-12T22:19:35.399Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'>http://schemas.google.com/photos/2007#album</category><title>Expeditions | why we do them</title><description>&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0 5px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/ExpeditionsWhyWeDoThem"&gt;&lt;img style="border:1px solid #5C7FB9" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R7IPvqMxtME/AAAAAAAACRE/WIH1bXY21ms/s160-c/ExpeditionsWhyWeDoThem.jpg" alt="Expeditions | why we do them"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Location: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;world&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Date: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;12 Feb 2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Number of Photos in Album: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;57&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/ExpeditionsWhyWeDoThem"&gt;&lt;font color=\"#3964C2\"&gt;View Album&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><link>http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/ExpeditionsWhyWeDoThem</link><author>Mark</author><media:group><media:content url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R7IPvqMxtME/AAAAAAAACRE/WIH1bXY21ms/ExpeditionsWhyWeDoThem.jpg' type='image/jpeg' medium='image'/><media:credit>Mark</media:credit><media:description type='plain'/><media:keywords/><media:thumbnail url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R7IPvqMxtME/AAAAAAAACRE/WIH1bXY21ms/s160-c/ExpeditionsWhyWeDoThem.jpg' height='160' width='160'/><media:title type='plain'>Expeditions | why we do them</media:title></media:group></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/base/user/mark.hannaford/albumid/5164352833259639089?alt=rss&amp;hl=en_GB</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-08T13:39:44.725Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'>http://schemas.google.com/photos/2007#album</category><title>Morocco | Charity Treks | Sahara, Mount Toubkhal and the Anti Atlas Mountains</title><description>&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0 5px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/MoroccoCharityTreksSaharaMountToubkhalAndTheAntiAtlasMountains"&gt;&lt;img style="border:1px solid #5C7FB9" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6t3ijk5ETE/AAAAAAAABrw/k8yXY3lWxKE/s160-c/MoroccoCharityTreksSaharaMountToubkhalAndTheAntiAtlasMountains.jpg" alt="Morocco | Charity Treks | Sahara, Mount Toubkhal and the Anti Atlas Mountains"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Across the Divide did its first ever trip in Morocco and ever since then has been exploring and finding new trekking and challenge routes that not only are we blown away by but give the chance to see a Morocco that few other travellers have the chance to.   

'Imagine a place where it would appear that nothing could survive. Where desert brings thoughts of vast open spaces and limitless horizons. This is a place with moon landscapes and canyons and a self-sustaining ecosystem that brings these dreams to life' ....taken from Across the Divide Expedition Leaders charity trek report. 


Morcco Charity Challenges | http://www.acrossthedivide.com/Morocco.asp
Across the Divide | http://www.acrossthedivide.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Location: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;morocco&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Date: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;7 Feb 2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Number of Photos in Album: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;73&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/MoroccoCharityTreksSaharaMountToubkhalAndTheAntiAtlasMountains"&gt;&lt;font color=\"#3964C2\"&gt;View Album&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><link>http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/MoroccoCharityTreksSaharaMountToubkhalAndTheAntiAtlasMountains</link><author>Mark</author><media:group><media:content url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6t3ijk5ETE/AAAAAAAABrw/k8yXY3lWxKE/MoroccoCharityTreksSaharaMountToubkhalAndTheAntiAtlasMountains.jpg' type='image/jpeg' medium='image'/><media:credit>Mark</media:credit><media:description type='plain'>Across the Divide did its first ever trip in Morocco and ever since then has been exploring and finding new trekking and challenge routes that not only are we blown away by but give the chance to see a Morocco that few other travellers have the chance to.   

'Imagine a place where it would appear that nothing could survive. Where desert brings thoughts of vast open spaces and limitless horizons. This is a place with moon landscapes and canyons and a self-sustaining ecosystem that brings these dreams to life' ....taken from Across the Divide Expedition Leaders charity trek report. 


Morcco Charity Challenges | http://www.acrossthedivide.com/Morocco.asp
Across the Divide | http://www.acrossthedivide.com</media:description><media:keywords/><media:thumbnail url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6t3ijk5ETE/AAAAAAAABrw/k8yXY3lWxKE/s160-c/MoroccoCharityTreksSaharaMountToubkhalAndTheAntiAtlasMountains.jpg' height='160' width='160'/><media:title type='plain'>Morocco | Charity Treks | Sahara, Mount Toubkhal and the Anti Atlas Mountains</media:title></media:group><georss:where><gml:Envelope><gml:lowerCorner>27.660702 -13.17357</gml:lowerCorner><gml:upperCorner>35.922702 -1.0116699</gml:upperCorner></gml:Envelope><gml:Point><gml:pos>31.791702 -7.09262</gml:pos></gml:Point></georss:where></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/base/user/mark.hannaford/albumid/5163763087005256225?alt=rss&amp;hl=en_GB</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-15T13:59:33.120Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'>http://schemas.google.com/photos/2007#album</category><title>Diving Medicine Training Course | Expedition Medicine | Oman</title><description>&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0 5px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/DivingMedicineTrainingCourseExpeditionMedicineOman"&gt;&lt;img style="border:1px solid #5C7FB9" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6lfKzk5CiE/AAAAAAAACk4/UNyd4YIg6RY/s160-c/DivingMedicineTrainingCourseExpeditionMedicineOman.jpg" alt="Diving Medicine Training Course | Expedition Medicine | Oman"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Expedition Medicine are very excited at being able to offer an inspirational course for all those medical professionals responsible for clients or expedition team members in a diving or marine environment. The course aims to introduce participants to the skills required to manage the common medical problems, which may emerge in a diving or marine environment. 

Expedition Medicine | Diving Medicine Course | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/diving.php
Expedition Medicine | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Location: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Muscat oman&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Date: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;6 Feb 2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Number of Photos in Album: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;36&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/DivingMedicineTrainingCourseExpeditionMedicineOman"&gt;&lt;font color=\"#3964C2\"&gt;View Album&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><link>http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/DivingMedicineTrainingCourseExpeditionMedicineOman</link><author>Mark</author><media:group><media:content url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6lfKzk5CiE/AAAAAAAACk4/UNyd4YIg6RY/DivingMedicineTrainingCourseExpeditionMedicineOman.jpg' type='image/jpeg' medium='image'/><media:credit>Mark</media:credit><media:description type='plain'>Expedition Medicine are very excited at being able to offer an inspirational course for all those medical professionals responsible for clients or expedition team members in a diving or marine environment. The course aims to introduce participants to the skills required to manage the common medical problems, which may emerge in a diving or marine environment. 

Expedition Medicine | Diving Medicine Course | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/diving.php
Expedition Medicine | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk</media:description><media:keywords/><media:thumbnail url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6lfKzk5CiE/AAAAAAAACk4/UNyd4YIg6RY/s160-c/DivingMedicineTrainingCourseExpeditionMedicineOman.jpg' height='160' width='160'/><media:title type='plain'>Diving Medicine Training Course | Expedition Medicine | Oman</media:title></media:group><georss:where><gml:Envelope><gml:lowerCorner>23.5975768 58.5829638</gml:lowerCorner><gml:upperCorner>23.6173959 58.6210727</gml:upperCorner></gml:Envelope><gml:Point><gml:pos>23.6074864 58.6020183</gml:pos></gml:Point></georss:where></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/base/user/mark.hannaford/albumid/5163498190602304929?alt=rss&amp;hl=en_GB</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-15T13:54:03.327Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'>http://schemas.google.com/photos/2007#album</category><title>Desert Medicine Training Course | Expedition Medicine |Namibia</title><description>&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0 5px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/DesertMedicineTrainingCourseExpeditionMedicineNamibia"&gt;&lt;img style="border:1px solid #5C7FB9" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6huPzk4_aE/AAAAAAAACiI/tL3Ya38pd2o/s160-c/DesertMedicineTrainingCourseExpeditionMedicineNamibia.jpg" alt="Desert Medicine Training Course | Expedition Medicine |Namibia"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Developed for medical professionals or advanced medics working in hot or arid climates. Namibia is one of the few places on earth where the natural environment rules supreme. It is a country where one is able to experience the sense of primeval freedom that is impossible elsewhere. 

Desert Medicine course | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/desert.php 
Expedition Medicine | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Location: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Omaruru, Namibia&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Date: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;5 Feb 2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Number of Photos in Album: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;37&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/DesertMedicineTrainingCourseExpeditionMedicineNamibia"&gt;&lt;font color=\"#3964C2\"&gt;View Album&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><link>http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/DesertMedicineTrainingCourseExpeditionMedicineNamibia</link><author>Mark</author><media:group><media:content url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6huPzk4_aE/AAAAAAAACiI/tL3Ya38pd2o/DesertMedicineTrainingCourseExpeditionMedicineNamibia.jpg' type='image/jpeg' medium='image'/><media:credit>Mark</media:credit><media:description type='plain'>Developed for medical professionals or advanced medics working in hot or arid climates. Namibia is one of the few places on earth where the natural environment rules supreme. It is a country where one is able to experience the sense of primeval freedom that is impossible elsewhere. 

Desert Medicine course | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/desert.php 
Expedition Medicine | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk</media:description><media:keywords/><media:thumbnail url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6huPzk4_aE/AAAAAAAACiI/tL3Ya38pd2o/s160-c/DesertMedicineTrainingCourseExpeditionMedicineNamibia.jpg' height='160' width='160'/><media:title type='plain'>Desert Medicine Training Course | Expedition Medicine |Namibia</media:title></media:group><georss:where><gml:Envelope><gml:lowerCorner>-28.963408 11.7198745</gml:lowerCorner><gml:upperCorner>-16.951872 25.2609455</gml:upperCorner></gml:Envelope><gml:Point><gml:pos>-22.95764 18.49041</gml:pos></gml:Point></georss:where></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/base/user/mark.hannaford/albumid/5163498907861843409?alt=rss&amp;hl=en_GB</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-15T10:53:57.157Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'>http://schemas.google.com/photos/2007#album</category><title>Polar Medicine Course | Expedition Medicine | Norway</title><description>&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0 5px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/PolarMedicineCourseExpeditionMedicineNorway"&gt;&lt;img style="border:1px solid #5C7FB9" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6hu5jk4_dE/AAAAAAAACVA/OIS3m8GYRKA/s160-c/PolarMedicineCourseExpeditionMedicineNorway.jpg" alt="Polar Medicine Course | Expedition Medicine | Norway"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Expedition Medicine's Polar Medical Skills course is set in Northern Norway in the town of Alta within the Arctic Circle, over a 5-day period, at the height of an arctic winter. It represents, we believe, one of the best presented and comprehensive winter medical skills courses in Europe and routinely recieves outstanding feedback from its delegates.

Polar Medicine | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/polar.php
Expedition Medicine | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Location: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Alta, Norway&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Date: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;5 Feb 2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Number of Photos in Album: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;35&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/PolarMedicineCourseExpeditionMedicineNorway"&gt;&lt;font color=\"#3964C2\"&gt;View Album&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><link>http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/PolarMedicineCourseExpeditionMedicineNorway</link><author>Mark</author><media:group><media:content url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6hu5jk4_dE/AAAAAAAACVA/OIS3m8GYRKA/PolarMedicineCourseExpeditionMedicineNorway.jpg' type='image/jpeg' medium='image'/><media:credit>Mark</media:credit><media:description type='plain'>Expedition Medicine's Polar Medical Skills course is set in Northern Norway in the town of Alta within the Arctic Circle, over a 5-day period, at the height of an arctic winter. It represents, we believe, one of the best presented and comprehensive winter medical skills courses in Europe and routinely recieves outstanding feedback from its delegates.

Polar Medicine | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/polar.php
Expedition Medicine | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/</media:description><media:keywords/><media:thumbnail url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6hu5jk4_dE/AAAAAAAACVA/OIS3m8GYRKA/s160-c/PolarMedicineCourseExpeditionMedicineNorway.jpg' height='160' width='160'/><media:title type='plain'>Polar Medicine Course | Expedition Medicine | Norway</media:title></media:group><georss:where><gml:Envelope><gml:lowerCorner>69.5650391 22.2333999</gml:lowerCorner><gml:upperCorner>70.3705209 24.266042</gml:upperCorner></gml:Envelope><gml:Point><gml:pos>69.96778 23.249721</gml:pos></gml:Point></georss:where></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/base/user/mark.hannaford/albumid/5163499504862297585?alt=rss&amp;hl=en_GB</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-05T17:10:00.822Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'>http://schemas.google.com/photos/2007#album</category><title>Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Course | Summer | Keswick | Cumbria</title><description>&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0 5px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/ExpeditionAndWildernessMedicineCourseSummerKeswickCumbria"&gt;&lt;img style="border:1px solid #5C7FB9" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6hvcTk4_fE/AAAAAAAAAks/ZebV2iS3Ss4/s160-c/ExpeditionAndWildernessMedicineCourseSummerKeswickCumbria.jpg" alt="Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Course | Summer | Keswick | Cumbria"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Expedition Medicine and Wilderness Medical Training Course for Medical Professionals is considered by many to be the gold standard for UK or European based courses aimed at potential and experienced expedition doctors and wilderness expedition medics. 

Expedition and Wilderness Medicine course | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/uk.php&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Location: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;keswick england&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Date: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;5 Feb 2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Number of Photos in Album: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;10&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/ExpeditionAndWildernessMedicineCourseSummerKeswickCumbria"&gt;&lt;font color=\"#3964C2\"&gt;View Album&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><link>http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/ExpeditionAndWildernessMedicineCourseSummerKeswickCumbria</link><author>Mark</author><media:group><media:content url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6hvcTk4_fE/AAAAAAAAAks/ZebV2iS3Ss4/ExpeditionAndWildernessMedicineCourseSummerKeswickCumbria.jpg' type='image/jpeg' medium='image'/><media:credit>Mark</media:credit><media:description type='plain'>Expedition Medicine and Wilderness Medical Training Course for Medical Professionals is considered by many to be the gold standard for UK or European based courses aimed at potential and experienced expedition doctors and wilderness expedition medics. 

Expedition and Wilderness Medicine course | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/uk.php</media:description><media:keywords/><media:thumbnail url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6hvcTk4_fE/AAAAAAAAAks/ZebV2iS3Ss4/s160-c/ExpeditionAndWildernessMedicineCourseSummerKeswickCumbria.jpg' height='160' width='160'/><media:title type='plain'>Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Course | Summer | Keswick | Cumbria</media:title></media:group><georss:where><gml:Envelope><gml:lowerCorner>54.587801 -3.1683405</gml:lowerCorner><gml:upperCorner>54.612957 -3.1041735</gml:upperCorner></gml:Envelope><gml:Point><gml:pos>54.600379 -3.136257</gml:pos></gml:Point></georss:where></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/base/user/mark.hannaford/albumid/5163507557925977681?alt=rss&amp;hl=en_GB</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-06T09:07:57.536Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'>http://schemas.google.com/photos/2007#album</category><title>Namibia | charity challenges</title><description>&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0 5px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/NamibiaCharityChallenges"&gt;&lt;img style="border:1px solid #5C7FB9" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6h2xDk4_lE/AAAAAAAABMc/lUqV9yEJ9iQ/s160-c/NamibiaCharityChallenges.jpg" alt="Namibia | charity challenges"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;All of our charity challengers return from Namibia touched by its natural splendour, by the stark and refreshing contrast that Namibia provides to the hectic lifestyles that we lead in Europe, and by the sheer beauty of the desert. 

Namibia is one of our favourite charity challenge destinations simply because there is nowhere else quite like it. 

Across the Divide offers the complete range of charity treks, charity challenges, charity bike rides, charity and corporate social responsibility projects (CSR) in one of Africa's most amazing countries. 

Namibia | charity challenges | http://www.acrossthedivide.com/Namibia.asp 
Across the Divide | http://www.acrossthedivide.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Location: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Namibia&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Date: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;5 Feb 2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Number of Photos in Album: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;29&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/NamibiaCharityChallenges"&gt;&lt;font color=\"#3964C2\"&gt;View Album&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><link>http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/NamibiaCharityChallenges</link><author>Mark</author><media:group><media:content url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6h2xDk4_lE/AAAAAAAABMc/lUqV9yEJ9iQ/NamibiaCharityChallenges.jpg' type='image/jpeg' medium='image'/><media:credit>Mark</media:credit><media:description type='plain'>All of our charity challengers return from Namibia touched by its natural splendour, by the stark and refreshing contrast that Namibia provides to the hectic lifestyles that we lead in Europe, and by the sheer beauty of the desert. 

Namibia is one of our favourite charity challenge destinations simply because there is nowhere else quite like it. 

Across the Divide offers the complete range of charity treks, charity challenges, charity bike rides, charity and corporate social responsibility projects (CSR) in one of Africa's most amazing countries. 

Namibia | charity challenges | http://www.acrossthedivide.com/Namibia.asp 
Across the Divide | http://www.acrossthedivide.com</media:description><media:keywords/><media:thumbnail url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6h2xDk4_lE/AAAAAAAABMc/lUqV9yEJ9iQ/s160-c/NamibiaCharityChallenges.jpg' height='160' width='160'/><media:title type='plain'>Namibia | charity challenges</media:title></media:group><georss:where><gml:Envelope><gml:lowerCorner>-28.963408 11.7198745</gml:lowerCorner><gml:upperCorner>-16.951872 25.2609455</gml:upperCorner></gml:Envelope><gml:Point><gml:pos>-22.95764 18.49041</gml:pos></gml:Point></georss:where></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/base/user/mark.hannaford/albumid/5163516349724032737?alt=rss&amp;hl=en_GB</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-08T09:29:03.419Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'>http://schemas.google.com/photos/2007#album</category><title>CSR | Corporate Social Responsibility | Projects</title><description>&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0 5px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/CSRCorporateSocialResponsibilityProjects"&gt;&lt;img style="border:1px solid #5C7FB9" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6h-wzk4_uE/AAAAAAAAAQM/YsY0UTTZm4Y/s160-c/CSRCorporateSocialResponsibilityProjects.jpg" alt="CSR | Corporate Social Responsibility | Projects"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Across the Divide Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Projects offer a great way to engage with employees and the wider community. Whether it is a project and training requirement close to home or in the wider global arena and we are well placed to assist you achieve your goals.

www.csrprojects.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Date: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;5 Feb 2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Number of Photos in Album: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;6&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/CSRCorporateSocialResponsibilityProjects"&gt;&lt;font color=\"#3964C2\"&gt;View Album&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><link>http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/CSRCorporateSocialResponsibilityProjects</link><author>Mark</author><media:group><media:content url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6h-wzk4_uE/AAAAAAAAAQM/YsY0UTTZm4Y/CSRCorporateSocialResponsibilityProjects.jpg' type='image/jpeg' medium='image'/><media:credit>Mark</media:credit><media:description type='plain'>Across the Divide Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Projects offer a great way to engage with employees and the wider community. Whether it is a project and training requirement close to home or in the wider global arena and we are well placed to assist you achieve your goals.

www.csrprojects.com</media:description><media:keywords/><media:thumbnail url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6h-wzk4_uE/AAAAAAAAAQM/YsY0UTTZm4Y/s160-c/CSRCorporateSocialResponsibilityProjects.jpg' height='160' width='160'/><media:title type='plain'>CSR | Corporate Social Responsibility | Projects</media:title></media:group></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/base/user/mark.hannaford/albumid/5163535866055426449?alt=rss&amp;hl=en_GB</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-05T17:33:04.935Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'>http://schemas.google.com/photos/2007#album</category><title>Peru | Charity | Treks | Projects | Challenges | CSR</title><description>&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0 5px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/PeruCharityTreksProjectsChallengesCSR"&gt;&lt;img style="border:1px solid #5C7FB9" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6iQgzk5AZE/AAAAAAAAAfQ/xAmcjsE7CNw/s160-c/PeruCharityTreksProjectsChallengesCSR.jpg" alt="Peru | Charity | Treks | Projects | Challenges | CSR"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Join us on a charity trek, charity project or multi-activity challenge to Peru... it's a place that will not disappoint. It's the multiple layers of great civilisations that make Peru so intriguing. You can wander around colonial cities that have preserved the legacy of the Spanish conquistadors, visit the ancient Inca capital of Cuzco, explore the lost city of Machu Picchu and ponder the enigma of the Nazca Lines. 

Charity challenge | Peru | http://www.acrossthedivide.com/Peru.asp
Across the Divide | Website | http://www.acrossthedivide.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Location: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;cusco peru&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Date: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;5 Feb 2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Number of Photos in Album: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;28&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/PeruCharityTreksProjectsChallengesCSR"&gt;&lt;font color=\"#3964C2\"&gt;View Album&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><link>http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/PeruCharityTreksProjectsChallengesCSR</link><author>Mark</author><media:group><media:content url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6iQgzk5AZE/AAAAAAAAAfQ/xAmcjsE7CNw/PeruCharityTreksProjectsChallengesCSR.jpg' type='image/jpeg' medium='image'/><media:credit>Mark</media:credit><media:description type='plain'>Join us on a charity trek, charity project or multi-activity challenge to Peru... it's a place that will not disappoint. It's the multiple layers of great civilisations that make Peru so intriguing. You can wander around colonial cities that have preserved the legacy of the Spanish conquistadors, visit the ancient Inca capital of Cuzco, explore the lost city of Machu Picchu and ponder the enigma of the Nazca Lines. 

Charity challenge | Peru | http://www.acrossthedivide.com/Peru.asp
Across the Divide | Website | http://www.acrossthedivide.com</media:description><media:keywords/><media:thumbnail url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6iQgzk5AZE/AAAAAAAAAfQ/xAmcjsE7CNw/s160-c/PeruCharityTreksProjectsChallengesCSR.jpg' height='160' width='160'/><media:title type='plain'>Peru | Charity | Treks | Projects | Challenges | CSR</media:title></media:group><georss:where><gml:Envelope><gml:lowerCorner>-15.35858 -74.00004</gml:lowerCorner><gml:upperCorner>-11.24414 -70.39397</gml:upperCorner></gml:Envelope><gml:Point><gml:pos>-13.30136 -72.197005</gml:pos></gml:Point></georss:where></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/base/user/mark.hannaford/albumid/5163542467420160945?alt=rss&amp;hl=en_GB</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-05T17:31:27.786Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'>http://schemas.google.com/photos/2007#album</category><title>Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Course | Winter | Keswick | Cumbria</title><description>&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0 5px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/ExpeditionAndWildernessMedicineCourseWinterKeswickCumbria"&gt;&lt;img style="border:1px solid #5C7FB9" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6iWhDk5A7E/AAAAAAAAArE/6MR9o8wVU8A/s160-c/ExpeditionAndWildernessMedicineCourseWinterKeswickCumbria.jpg" alt="Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Course | Winter | Keswick | Cumbria"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Expedition Medicine and Wilderness Medical Training Course for Medical Professionals is considered by many to be the gold standard for UK or European based courses aimed at potential and experienced expedition doctors and wilderness expedition medics. 

Expedition and Wilderness course | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/uk.php
Expedition Medicine | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Location: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;keswick, cumbria&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Date: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;5 Feb 2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Number of Photos in Album: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;11&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/ExpeditionAndWildernessMedicineCourseWinterKeswickCumbria"&gt;&lt;font color=\"#3964C2\"&gt;View Album&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><link>http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/ExpeditionAndWildernessMedicineCourseWinterKeswickCumbria</link><author>Mark</author><media:group><media:content url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6iWhDk5A7E/AAAAAAAAArE/6MR9o8wVU8A/ExpeditionAndWildernessMedicineCourseWinterKeswickCumbria.jpg' type='image/jpeg' medium='image'/><media:credit>Mark</media:credit><media:description type='plain'>Expedition Medicine and Wilderness Medical Training Course for Medical Professionals is considered by many to be the gold standard for UK or European based courses aimed at potential and experienced expedition doctors and wilderness expedition medics. 

Expedition and Wilderness course | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/uk.php
Expedition Medicine | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk</media:description><media:keywords/><media:thumbnail url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6iWhDk5A7E/AAAAAAAAArE/6MR9o8wVU8A/s160-c/ExpeditionAndWildernessMedicineCourseWinterKeswickCumbria.jpg' height='160' width='160'/><media:title type='plain'>Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Course | Winter | Keswick | Cumbria</media:title></media:group><georss:where><gml:Envelope><gml:lowerCorner>54.587802 -3.1683415</gml:lowerCorner><gml:upperCorner>54.612958 -3.1041745</gml:upperCorner></gml:Envelope><gml:Point><gml:pos>54.60038 -3.136258</gml:pos></gml:Point></georss:where></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/base/user/mark.hannaford/albumid/5163551869103572497?alt=rss&amp;hl=en_GB</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-05T17:41:50.814Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'>http://schemas.google.com/photos/2007#album</category><title>Adventure Racing | Iceland | Laugavegur Ultra Marathon</title><description>&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0 5px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/AdventureRacingIcelandLaugavegurUltraMarathon"&gt;&lt;img style="border:1px solid #5C7FB9" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6ifETk5BhE/AAAAAAAAAr4/KXGu_tiG18c/s160-c/AdventureRacingIcelandLaugavegurUltraMarathon.jpg" alt="Adventure Racing | Iceland | Laugavegur Ultra Marathon"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;The "Laugavegur" course is one of the most beautiful in Iceland, stretching from Landmannalaugar in the highlands to Thorsmork, a natural reservation area. The area is famous for the yellow, orange and purple hues of the surrounding mountains. 

The race blazes a trail through moss fields, meadows of wool grass, steam springs, and bizarre lava formations, where various blossoms defy the raw climate. 

The race ends at Thorsmork, described as Iceland’s brightest pearl, surrounded by rugged mountains and beautiful glaciers
Adventure Racing Iceland | http://www.adventure-racing.org/races/05Iceland%20Mountain%20Marathon%202008.asp
Adventure Racing | http://www.adventure-racing.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Location: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;iceland&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Date: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;5 Feb 2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Number of Photos in Album: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;1&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/AdventureRacingIcelandLaugavegurUltraMarathon"&gt;&lt;font color=\"#3964C2\"&gt;View Album&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><link>http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/AdventureRacingIcelandLaugavegurUltraMarathon</link><author>Mark</author><media:group><media:content url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6ifETk5BhE/AAAAAAAAAr4/KXGu_tiG18c/AdventureRacingIcelandLaugavegurUltraMarathon.jpg' type='image/jpeg' medium='image'/><media:credit>Mark</media:credit><media:description type='plain'>The "Laugavegur" course is one of the most beautiful in Iceland, stretching from Landmannalaugar in the highlands to Thorsmork, a natural reservation area. The area is famous for the yellow, orange and purple hues of the surrounding mountains. 

The race blazes a trail through moss fields, meadows of wool grass, steam springs, and bizarre lava formations, where various blossoms defy the raw climate. 

The race ends at Thorsmork, described as Iceland’s brightest pearl, surrounded by rugged mountains and beautiful glaciers
Adventure Racing Iceland | http://www.adventure-racing.org/races/05Iceland%20Mountain%20Marathon%202008.asp
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The Skeleton Coast is generally regarded as the most hostile stretch of coastline in the world where many a ship and its crew have foundered over the centuries, due to the unpredictable high seas and ever shifting sand banks hugging the Namib Desert shore line. Shipwrecked crew members who did make it to land alive never really stood a chance against the utter destructive barrenness of the desert that always managed to finally even the score. 

Adventure Racing Namibia | http://www.adventure-racing.org/races/04Namibia%2024hr%20Ultra-Marathon%202008.asp
Adventure Racing | http://www.adventure-racing.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Location: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;omaruru namibia&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Date: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;5 Feb 2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Number of Photos in Album: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;1&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/AdventureRacingNamibiaLaugavegurUltraMarathon"&gt;&lt;font color=\"#3964C2\"&gt;View Album&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><link>http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/AdventureRacingNamibiaLaugavegurUltraMarathon</link><author>Mark</author><media:group><media:content url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6igVjk5BjE/AAAAAAAAAsE/OZjQ2mMDsYQ/AdventureRacingNamibiaLaugavegurUltraMarathon.jpg' type='image/jpeg' medium='image'/><media:credit>Mark</media:credit><media:description type='plain'>NAMIBIA 24 HOUR ULTRA MARATHON.
The Skeleton Coast is generally regarded as the most hostile stretch of coastline in the world where many a ship and its crew have foundered over the centuries, due to the unpredictable high seas and ever shifting sand banks hugging the Namib Desert shore line. Shipwrecked crew members who did make it to land alive never really stood a chance against the utter destructive barrenness of the desert that always managed to finally even the score. 

Adventure Racing Namibia | http://www.adventure-racing.org/races/04Namibia%2024hr%20Ultra-Marathon%202008.asp
Adventure Racing | http://www.adventure-racing.org</media:description><media:keywords/><media:thumbnail url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6igVjk5BjE/AAAAAAAAAsE/OZjQ2mMDsYQ/s160-c/AdventureRacingNamibiaLaugavegurUltraMarathon.jpg' height='160' width='160'/><media:title type='plain'>Adventure Racing | Namibia | Laugavegur Ultra Marathon</media:title></media:group><georss:where><gml:Envelope><gml:lowerCorner>-22.3261061 13.9746092</gml:lowerCorner><gml:upperCorner>-21.0397994 16.4135741</gml:upperCorner></gml:Envelope><gml:Point><gml:pos>-21.6829528 15.1940917</gml:pos></gml:Point></georss:where></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/base/user/mark.hannaford/albumid/5163556043811784273?alt=rss&amp;hl=en_GB</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-05T21:01:38.096Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'>http://schemas.google.com/photos/2007#album</category><title>Adventure Racing | Costa Rica| COSTA RICA 24hr ADVENTURE RACE</title><description>&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0 5px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/AdventureRacingCostaRicaCOSTARICA24hrADVENTURERACE"&gt;&lt;img style="border:1px solid #5C7FB9" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6ii3Tk5BlE/AAAAAAAAA5o/i9_SLNodHHE/s160-c/AdventureRacingCostaRicaCOSTARICA24hrADVENTURERACE.jpg" alt="Adventure Racing | Costa Rica| COSTA RICA 24hr ADVENTURE RACE"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;This year's 24 hours of Costa Rica takes place near the Arenal Volcano. Race activities include jungle trekking, mountain biking, sea kayaking, fixed ropes, navigation and team challenges over a course of between 125 and 150 kilometers (the route is not revealed until the start of the Race). 

Adventure Racing Costa Rica | http://www.adventure-racing.org/races/06Costa%20Rica%20Adventure%20Race%202007.asp
Adventure Racing | http://www.adventure-racing.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Location: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;pacuar&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Date: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;5 Feb 2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Number of Photos in Album: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;23&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/AdventureRacingCostaRicaCOSTARICA24hrADVENTURERACE"&gt;&lt;font color=\"#3964C2\"&gt;View Album&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><link>http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/AdventureRacingCostaRicaCOSTARICA24hrADVENTURERACE</link><author>Mark</author><media:group><media:content url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6ii3Tk5BlE/AAAAAAAAA5o/i9_SLNodHHE/AdventureRacingCostaRicaCOSTARICA24hrADVENTURERACE.jpg' type='image/jpeg' medium='image'/><media:credit>Mark</media:credit><media:description type='plain'>This year's 24 hours of Costa Rica takes place near the Arenal Volcano. Race activities include jungle trekking, mountain biking, sea kayaking, fixed ropes, navigation and team challenges over a course of between 125 and 150 kilometers (the route is not revealed until the start of the Race). 

Adventure Racing Costa Rica | http://www.adventure-racing.org/races/06Costa%20Rica%20Adventure%20Race%202007.asp
Adventure Racing | http://www.adventure-racing.org</media:description><media:keywords/><media:thumbnail url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6ii3Tk5BlE/AAAAAAAAA5o/i9_SLNodHHE/s160-c/AdventureRacingCostaRicaCOSTARICA24hrADVENTURERACE.jpg' height='160' width='160'/><media:title type='plain'>Adventure Racing | Costa Rica| COSTA RICA 24hr ADVENTURE RACE</media:title></media:group><georss:where><gml:Envelope><gml:lowerCorner>9.888276 -83.619774</gml:lowerCorner><gml:upperCorner>9.948276 -83.5097739</gml:upperCorner></gml:Envelope><gml:Point><gml:pos>9.918276 -83.564774</gml:pos></gml:Point></georss:where></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/base/user/mark.hannaford/albumid/5163589321218393873?alt=rss&amp;hl=en_GB</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-05T20:18:06.851Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'>http://schemas.google.com/photos/2007#album</category><title>Adventure Racing | India | Taj Mahal Marathon</title><description>&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0 5px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/AdventureRacingIndiaTajMahalMarathon"&gt;&lt;img style="border:1px solid #5C7FB9" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6jBITk5BxE/AAAAAAAAA1g/_RW6khpSqfQ/s160-c/AdventureRacingIndiaTajMahalMarathon.jpg" alt="Adventure Racing | India | Taj Mahal Marathon"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Starting from the sleepy village of Niyamat Pur, the route follows a good tarmac road through beautiful rural countryside and villages, before joining the main highway to Agra. The highway runs through fertile fields dotted with eucalyptus trees and mango groves, and past small bazaars and hamlets lining the side of the road. With 7 km to go, we turn from the main highway and onto the secondary Fatehabad road, where we run past rickshaws and bullock carts until a picture perfect view of the Taj Mahal unfolds over the final kilometres. The final straight takes us into the heritage garden of the Taj Mehtab Bagh (Moon garden) on the banks of the Yamuna River, with direct views of the Taj Mahal.

Adventure Racing India | http://www.adventure-racing.org/races/02Taj%20Marathon%202008.asp
Adventure Racing | http://www.adventure-racing.org/&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Location: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;agra india&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Date: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;5 Feb 2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Number of Photos in Album: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;24&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/AdventureRacingIndiaTajMahalMarathon"&gt;&lt;font color=\"#3964C2\"&gt;View Album&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><link>http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/AdventureRacingIndiaTajMahalMarathon</link><author>Mark</author><media:group><media:content url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6jBITk5BxE/AAAAAAAAA1g/_RW6khpSqfQ/AdventureRacingIndiaTajMahalMarathon.jpg' type='image/jpeg' medium='image'/><media:credit>Mark</media:credit><media:description type='plain'>Starting from the sleepy village of Niyamat Pur, the route follows a good tarmac road through beautiful rural countryside and villages, before joining the main highway to Agra. The highway runs through fertile fields dotted with eucalyptus trees and mango groves, and past small bazaars and hamlets lining the side of the road. With 7 km to go, we turn from the main highway and onto the secondary Fatehabad road, where we run past rickshaws and bullock carts until a picture perfect view of the Taj Mahal unfolds over the final kilometres. The final straight takes us into the heritage garden of the Taj Mehtab Bagh (Moon garden) on the banks of the Yamuna River, with direct views of the Taj Mahal.

Adventure Racing India | http://www.adventure-racing.org/races/02Taj%20Marathon%202008.asp
Adventure Racing | http://www.adventure-racing.org/</media:description><media:keywords/><media:thumbnail url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6jBITk5BxE/AAAAAAAAA1g/_RW6khpSqfQ/s160-c/AdventureRacingIndiaTajMahalMarathon.jpg' height='160' width='160'/><media:title type='plain'>Adventure Racing | India | Taj Mahal Marathon</media:title></media:group><georss:where><gml:Envelope><gml:lowerCorner>27.1342574 77.9657623</gml:lowerCorner><gml:upperCorner>27.2211805 78.0528376</gml:upperCorner></gml:Envelope><gml:Point><gml:pos>27.177719 78.0093</gml:pos></gml:Point></georss:where></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/base/user/mark.hannaford/albumid/5163479632048618801?alt=rss&amp;hl=en_GB</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-05T16:28:16.613Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'>http://schemas.google.com/photos/2007#album</category><title>Charity Dog Sledding | Charity Expeditions | Norway</title><description>&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0 5px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/CharityDogSleddingCharityExpeditionsNorway"&gt;&lt;img style="border:1px solid #5C7FB9" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6hdXjk4_TE/AAAAAAAAAXw/1GJcOYxvNlw/s160-c/CharityDogSleddingCharityExpeditionsNorway.jpg" alt="Charity Dog Sledding | Charity Expeditions | Norway"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Fundraise for charity whilst driving your own dog team across Norway - or raise money for a charity of your own choice through our 'Open Challenges'

http://www.acrossthedivide.com/Norway.asp&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Location: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Alta, Norway&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Date: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;4 Feb 2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Number of Photos in Album: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;36&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/CharityDogSleddingCharityExpeditionsNorway"&gt;&lt;font color=\"#3964C2\"&gt;View Album&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><link>http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/CharityDogSleddingCharityExpeditionsNorway</link><author>Mark</author><media:group><media:content url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6hdXjk4_TE/AAAAAAAAAXw/1GJcOYxvNlw/CharityDogSleddingCharityExpeditionsNorway.jpg' type='image/jpeg' medium='image'/><media:credit>Mark</media:credit><media:description type='plain'>Fundraise for charity whilst driving your own dog team across Norway - or raise money for a charity of your own choice through our 'Open Challenges'

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http://www.adventure-racing.org/&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Date: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;23 Dec 2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Number of Photos in Album: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;40&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/AdventureRacing"&gt;&lt;font color=\"#3964C2\"&gt;View Album&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><link>http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/AdventureRacing</link><author>Mark</author><media:group><media:content url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R29Jvh5o2eE/AAAAAAAABVw/HOdV4lL51kc/AdventureRacing.jpg' type='image/jpeg' medium='image'/><media:credit>Mark</media:credit><media:description type='plain'>The series is designed to offer a different experience for those wishing to take the challenge of running a marathon to the next level. All our marathons will be run in difficult environments to push runners just that little bit further.

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Be somewhere different tomorrow...

Have you ever wanted to trek the Great Wall of China, trek to Everest Base Camp, mush your own dogsled team in the Arctic or climb Kilimanjaro whilst fundraising for a good cause or a charity of your own choice? Well by joining one of our charity expeditions or selecting from a wide of range of ‘open challenges’ you can do just that.

www.acrossthedivide.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Date: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;23 Dec 2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Number of Photos in Album: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;13&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/CharityChallengesFromAcrossTheDivideExpeditions"&gt;&lt;font color=\"#3964C2\"&gt;View Album&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><link>http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/CharityChallengesFromAcrossTheDivideExpeditions</link><author>Mark</author><media:group><media:content url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R29VDh5o2oE/AAAAAAAACpU/G3OJEAC2oJs/CharityChallengesFromAcrossTheDivideExpeditions.jpg' type='image/jpeg' medium='image'/><media:credit>Mark</media:credit><media:description type='plain'>Across the Divide - Charity Challenges and Events, Charity Fundraising, Projects, CSR Programmes &amp; Expedition Management
Be somewhere different tomorrow...

Have you ever wanted to trek the Great Wall of China, trek to Everest Base Camp, mush your own dogsled team in the Arctic or climb Kilimanjaro whilst fundraising for a good cause or a charity of your own choice? Well by joining one of our charity expeditions or selecting from a wide of range of ‘open challenges’ you can do just that.

www.acrossthedivide.com</media:description><media:keywords/><media:thumbnail url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R29VDh5o2oE/AAAAAAAACpU/G3OJEAC2oJs/s160-c/CharityChallengesFromAcrossTheDivideExpeditions.jpg' height='160' width='160'/><media:title type='plain'>Charity Challenges from Across the Divide Expeditions</media:title></media:group></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/base/user/mark.hannaford/albumid/5166107664185405841?alt=rss&amp;hl=en_GB</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2006 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-12T15:08:55.922Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'>http://schemas.google.com/photos/2007#album</category><title>India | Ladakh 'Little Tibet' | Charity trek and expeditions</title><description>&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0 5px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/IndiaLadakhLittleTibetCharityTrekAndExpeditions"&gt;&lt;img style="border:1px solid #5C7FB9" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R7GzjKMxsZE/AAAAAAAAB0g/XkJGVO_O56s/s160-c/IndiaLadakhLittleTibetCharityTrekAndExpeditions.jpg" alt="India | Ladakh 'Little Tibet' | Charity trek and expeditions"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Our trek passes through the Hemis National Park and we may even see Bharal (blue sheep), Snow Leopard and Golden Eagles circling above.
In the far-flung northern reaches of India, Ladakh is one of the most remote and sparsely populated regions on earth. Bordered by Tibet, it is often described as the “roof of the world” and has an almost moon like terrain, girdled by some of the greatest mountain ranges of the world.

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In the far-flung northern reaches of India, Ladakh is one of the most remote and sparsely populated regions on earth. Bordered by Tibet, it is often described as the “roof of the world” and has an almost moon like terrain, girdled by some of the greatest mountain ranges of the world.

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http://www.acrossthedivide.com/India.asp</media:description><media:keywords/><media:thumbnail url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R7GvaaMxr_E/AAAAAAAABxA/nJDUq8OTHk4/s160-c/IndiaEthicalTravelCharityChallengesAndProjects.jpg' height='160' width='160'/><media:title type='plain'>India | ethical travel, charity challenges and projects.</media:title></media:group><georss:where><gml:Envelope><gml:lowerCorner>6.215146 63.9567195</gml:lowerCorner><gml:upperCorner>34.972222 93.9690405</gml:upperCorner></gml:Envelope><gml:Point><gml:pos>20.593684 78.96288</gml:pos></gml:Point></georss:where></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/base/user/mark.hannaford/albumid/5163519240237023057?alt=rss&amp;hl=en_GB</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2004 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-15T13:43:08.515Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'>http://schemas.google.com/photos/2007#album</category><title>Jungle Medicine Course | Costa Rica</title><description>&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0 5px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/JungleMedicineCourseCostaRica"&gt;&lt;img style="border:1px solid #5C7FB9" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6iBZDk4_1E/AAAAAAAAChw/S-CrGPaWCGc/s160-c/JungleMedicineCourseCostaRica.jpg" alt="Jungle Medicine Course | Costa Rica"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Expedition Medicine have developed an exciting and comprehensive course for all those medical professionals responsible for clients, patients or team members in a tropical or jungle environment. The course aims to introduce participants to the skills required to be a valuable member of a jungle expeditionary team, and to care for and treat injuries and illnesses likely to occur in this exciting environment. 

Jungle Medicine | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/jungle.php
Expedition Medicine | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Location: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;pacuare&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Date: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;2 Feb 2004&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font color="#6B6B6B"&gt;Number of Photos in Album: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;37&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/JungleMedicineCourseCostaRica"&gt;&lt;font color=\"#3964C2\"&gt;View Album&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><link>http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/JungleMedicineCourseCostaRica</link><author>Mark</author><media:group><media:content url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6iBZDk4_1E/AAAAAAAAChw/S-CrGPaWCGc/JungleMedicineCourseCostaRica.jpg' type='image/jpeg' medium='image'/><media:credit>Mark</media:credit><media:description type='plain'>Expedition Medicine have developed an exciting and comprehensive course for all those medical professionals responsible for clients, patients or team members in a tropical or jungle environment. The course aims to introduce participants to the skills required to be a valuable member of a jungle expeditionary team, and to care for and treat injuries and illnesses likely to occur in this exciting environment. 

Jungle Medicine | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/jungle.php
Expedition Medicine | http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/</media:description><media:keywords/><media:thumbnail url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R6iBZDk4_1E/AAAAAAAAChw/S-CrGPaWCGc/s160-c/JungleMedicineCourseCostaRica.jpg' height='160' width='160'/><media:title type='plain'>Jungle Medicine Course | Costa Rica</media:title></media:group><georss:where><gml:Envelope><gml:lowerCorner>9.888276 -83.619774</gml:lowerCorner><gml:upperCorner>9.948276 -83.5097739</gml:upperCorner></gml:Envelope><gml:Point><gml:pos>9.918276 -83.564774</gml:pos></gml:Point></georss:where></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/base/user/mark.hannaford/albumid/5166212951013701041?alt=rss&amp;hl=en_GB</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2001 09:32:48 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-12T21:53:10.229Z</atom:updated><category domain='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'>http://schemas.google.com/photos/2007#album</category><title>Nepal Charity Expeditions</title><description>&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0 5px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mark.hannaford/NepalCharityExpeditions"&gt;&lt;img style="border:1px solid #5C7FB9" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9zPDLywQ5Wg/R7ITTqMxtbE/AAAAAAAACKw/qyfc93F26Wo/s160-c/NepalCharityExpeditions.jpg" alt="Nepal Charity Expeditions"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Draped along the greatest heights of the Himalayas, the kingdom of Nepal is a land of sublime scenery, time-worn temples, and some of the best walking trails on earth. Nepal is a poor country, but it is rich in scenic splendour and cultural treasures. The kingdom has long exerted a pull on the Western imagination and it is a difficult place to dislodge from your memory once you return to everyday life.

Perhaps this is why so many travellers are drawn back to Nepal, armed the second time with a greater appreciation of its natural and cultural complexity, a stout pair of walking boots and a desire for improved leg-definition. 

And more... you can raise much needed funds for a charity of your choice by charity challenging in Nepal on an Across the Divide Open Challenge event. http://www.acrossthedivide.com/charityopen.asp 

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Perhaps this is why so many travellers are drawn back to Nepal, armed the second time with a greater appreciation of its natural and cultural complexity, a stout pair of walking boots and a desire for improved leg-definition. 

And more... you can raise much needed funds for a charity of your choice by charity challenging in Nepal on an Across the Divide Open Challenge event. http://www.acrossthedivide.com/charityopen.asp 

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