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Tribe Stories Round Up - January 3 2017

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Tribe Stories Round Up - January 3 2017

A weekly (most of the time) round-up of stories, events and projects coming out of the YesTribe.

Researched and written by Richard Potter.


48 PEAKS LATER

In November 2015 Michelle Ellison, Tom Hook and Andy Grant began a challenge to climb the highest peak in every country in Europe.  The list (available here) ranges from Mount Elbrus in Russia (5462 metres) to St Peter’s Dome in Vatican City (132 metres).  They’ve scaled 18 so far and have 30 to go.  Next on the list is Monte Titano in San Marino, which they’ll be tacking later this month.

When they complete their challenge (the finish is scheduled for October 2017) they’ll have climbed an epic 87,704 metres with the support of The Outward Bound Trust. If you’d like to make a donation to the Trust please visit this site.

For more information about 48 peaks later and to follow the team’s progress, check out their website. They’d like as many people as possible to join them on the climbs so feel free to get in touch with them if you’re interested! In particular, they’re looking to have 45 people join them for the final climb, Snowdon, so that 48 people will climb the 48th peak.


TARA PAPWORTH - CYCLING 1200 KM THROUGH PATAGONIA

To start off 2017 with a bang, Tara Papworth made the 1st of January the start of a 1200km cycling trip down the Carretera Austral in Chile.  The airline lost her baggage but this hasn’t stopped her adventure: we look forward to seeing further updates on her Facebook page. Go Tara!


RAMBLE AND A ROAST

If you're based near Bristol (or will be in the area on the 8th of January) and you fancy meeting some fellow YesTribers, then come along for a 6 mile walk (taking in Blaise Castle and Kings Weston) followed by roast dinner in a local pub.

The meeting point will be in Shirehampton at 11AM on the 8th: full details are yet to be confirmed but will be listed on the Facebook event page.

 

Have you been inspired by any of these stories? Do you have your own to share? We’d love to hear about it. The YesTribe is a community that is free to anyone who is looking to make life less restricted, more enjoyable, more interesting and more memorable. Your story doesn’t need to be an endurance adventure, many of the YesTribe are making films, raising money for good causes and developing the community.


We’d love to hear from you, share your stories here at Say Yes More or join the Yes Tribe Facebook group to connect with fellow YesTribers. 

Make life memorable, Say Yes More!

 

 

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Tribe Stories Round Up - December 13 2016

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Tribe Stories Round Up - December 13 2016

A weekly (most of the time!) round-up of stories, events and projects coming out of the YesTribe.

 

Researched and written by Richard Potter.


WILL COPELAND - COLDEST CORBETT

Do you fancy hiking up a mountain in Scotland? Since the 1st of November Will Copestake has been on a mission to climb 222 Corbetts in a single winter season and he’d like YOU to join him for a summit or two.  You can find more information, including his contact details, on this website or by searching for #coldestcorbett on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.


ANNE-LAURE CARRUTH - A PEEK INSIDE

From November 2015 to November 2016 Anne-laure Carruth made a visual diary of her mind by painting one picture every day. The project, A Peek Inside, is a wonderful kaleidoscope capturing all the promise which the world can offer and the fragility that comes with trying to bring our dreams to life.

You can find out more about A Peek Inside here.


CHRIS ANDREWS - LET'S GET AMERICA TALKING

Chris Andrews is taking walking and talking to a whole new level. On the 8th of August he began a 3,000 mile journey on foot across the U.S.A. to celebrate face-to-face conversation in a digital age and encourage shifts in the way we think about communication.

Chris is currently 127 days into his journey: if you’d like to follow his progress, or maybe even catch up with him for a face-to-face chat, please visit his website or his Facebook page.


Have you been inspired by any of these stories? Do you have your own to share? We’d love to hear about it. The YesTribe is a community that is free to anyone who is looking to make life less restricted, more enjoyable, more interesting and more memorable. Your story doesn’t need to be an endurance adventure, many of the YesTribe are making films, raising money for good causes and developing the community.

We’d love to hear from you, share your stories here at Say Yes More or join the Yes Tribe Facebook group to connect with fellow YesTribers.

Make life memorable, Say Yes More!

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Tribe Stories Round Up - November 19 2016

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Tribe Stories Round Up - November 19 2016

A weekly (most of the time!) round-up of stories, events and projects coming out of the YesTribe.

Researched and written by Richard Potter


A GOOD WEEKEND

SayYesMore is supporting A Good Weekend, an initiative to allow everyone to do more by collecting thousands of events, experiences and activities for people in Britain and across the world to try.

The organisers are aiming to complete the list by the weekend of 17 to 20 March 2017. If you know of an event or experience that you’d like to share, or if you’d simply like to try something new (like skiing, paddling or a festival) then A Good Weekend, is for you!


CHRIS GOODMAN: (UN)INSPIRED RAMBLINGS

In August 2016 Chris Goodman began a bike journey across Greece, including the Bike Odyssey route (which uses dirt roads to cross the Greek mainland from close to the Albanian border in the North, to the Gulf of Corinth in the South) as well as some travel further south, across the Peloponnese and perhaps onto Crete. 

You can learn more about Chris’ trip (and his past adventures) at his website and you can also follow his progress through Facebook.


EMMA KAREMBO TAYLOR: THE NEPAL MARATHON

On the 26th of November our very own Emma Karembo Taylor will run the Nepal International Marathon to raise money for Street Child, a UK charity that aims to create educational opportunity for some of the world's most vulnerable children.  Go Emma!

You can learn more about the Nepal International Marathon here and donate to Emma’s fundraising page here.

 

Have you been inspired by any of these stories? Do you have your own to share? We’d love to hear about it. The YesTribe is a community that is free to anyone who is looking to make life less restricted, more enjoyable, more interesting and more memorable. Your story doesn’t need to be an endurance adventure, many of the YesTribe are making films, raising money for good causes and developing the community. 


We’d love to hear from you, share your stories here at Say Yes More or join the Yes Tribe Facebook group to connect with fellow YesTribers. 

 

Make life memorable, Say Yes More!

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Tribe Stories Round Up - November 4th 2016

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Tribe Stories Round Up - November 4th 2016

A weekly (most of the time!) round-up of stories, events and projects coming out of the YesTribe.

Researched and written by Richard Potter


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Yestival 2016

Yestival 2016 took place at Brinsbury Agricultural Centre, in West Sussex, on 21-23 October.

380 people camped in a gorgeous field in the depths of Autumn in a massive celebration of life and what it means to live it fully. The speakers entertained and inspired the attendees with tales of adventures great and small, as well as of the bumps in the road that we all have to deal with eventually.  There’s really nowhere else that you can do yoga  and Project Awesome in the morning, hear about great adventures from the past during the day and then connect with like-minded people to plan adventures for the future in the evening.

Just like last year, we’re thrilled, proud of and humbled by all the excitement, positive energy and commitment to change that Yestival inspired.  We won’t ask you to just take our word for it though: check out this blog post summarising one attendee’s Yestival experience and see professional photos of an incredible weekend.


Helen Proudfoot: Cycling to New Zealand

On the last day of Yestival, Helen Proudfoot set off on a cycle trip to New Zealand via various places including Europe, Bali and, slightly more unusually, Patagonia.

Helen is currently in La Rochelle: you can follow her progress on Facebook, visit her website and keep an eye out for her stickers (shown above) if you’re travelling abroad.


Graham Carter: The Autumn 100

On the 15th of October Graham Carter completed the Autumn 100, his second ever 100 mile race.  This was an amazing achievement given that Graham has suffered from shin/knee and hip issues in the past.

Check out Graham’s full race report here.


Laura Maisey: Running Home from Rome

In September Laura Maisey flew to Rome and starting running 1,249 miles back to London. So far she’s overcome a number of challenges, including nearly being locked in a nunnery.

Laura is fundraising for the Ronald McDonald House because of the way they’ve helped the son of a friend of hers.

You can read more about Laura’s story on her fundraising page and you can also follow her on Facebook and Twitter.


Sophie Rooney: Rundinavia

In August Sophie Rooney began a 3,630 km run across Scandinavia: once she finishes she’ll be the first woman to have completed the run. On the 2nd of November she passed the 2,500 km mark: go Sophie!

Sophie’s raising money for The Stroke Association, Mountain Rescue England & Wales and The Thomas Theyer Foundation. Her fundraising page is here and her Facebook page is here. You can also follow her on Twitter.

Have you been inspired by any of these stories? Do you have your own to share? We’d love to hear about it. The YesTribe is a community that is free to anyone who is looking to make life less restricted, more enjoyable, more interesting and more memorable. Your story doesn’t need to be an endurance adventure, many of the YesTribe are making films, raising money for good causes and developing the community. 


We’d love to hear from you, share your stories here at Say Yes More or join the Yes Tribe Facebook group to connect with fellow YesTribers. 

Make life memorable, Say Yes More!

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Yestival Scotland

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Yestival Scotland

The SayYesMore Spirit is rooted and growing in St. Andrews and Scotland, and this has required an incredible amount of networking and organisation.

Yestival Scotland was a wonderful success, it launched the YesTribe here in St. Andrews and sparked a whole lotta interest ("Is this kinda like the film Yes Man?") The day went down well, we set up the stalls in a local park area that had a lovely field with plenty of space. The stalls had mini workshops running all day and spanned from vegan baking, up-cycling, sustainability group discussions, live music and obviously delicious food! 

We then had slack-lines up through the trees, a huge painting board for people to get creative and loads of ball games going. Unfortunately the afternoon brought with it a bit of Scottish drizzle, which scared off a few of the numbers but the people with the spirit carried on regardless! We had a fabulous slip and slide set up on a slope and ended off the day with a wonderful Ceilidh in the rain - dancing and singing away. Afterwards we had a large discussion group of what saying yes to new things meant to everyone, and how they wanted to see themselves grow in the future! So so so uplifting. 

This spirit has carried on with our small team and we attended the Freshers Fayre in which 300+ people signed up for our weekly e-mail that we plan to send off tomorrow! In this e-mail we have promoted joining the YesTribe on Facebook, and highlighted a few crazy spontaneous groups within St. Andrews to get involved in (Weekly North Sea swims and cliff jumps, micro-adventure camping!) 

We will be hosting our EGM next week and our first ever YesStories the week after in which Ged is hopefully coming down from Glasgow and we will have a few professors from within the university who have jumped on board with this idea. 

So all in all, a great start! 

Written by Alexandrina Fleming, St Andrews University

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An illustration of YesStories by Tegan Phillips

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An illustration of YesStories by Tegan Phillips

Following our July YesStories, Tribe member Tegan Phillips put pen to paper (or rather stylus to iPad) and created these amazing illustrations of our speakers & some of their memorable quotes.

Come along to our next Yes Stories on the 20th September to hear more awesome tales of inspiration, adventure and what happens when you say Yes.

For more brilliant illustrations and to read all about Tegan's own adventures please check out her website - www.unclippedadventure.com

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