EXTREME EXCELLENCE
RECORD BREAKER RAY GOING FOR BROKE (BUT NOT LITERALLY PLEASE!)
adventures and fund raising in 2005 by climbing Mt. Kiliman- jaro in Africa (5,896mt/ 19,340ft) for a local charity. Borneo was next, including a stay in the jungle with a tribe of headhunters,
fol- Ray Woodcock
PHTM was recently contacted by Ray Woodcock, who asked us to spread the word about his extreme (and extremely valu- able) charity work, the next event of which will be taking place this month. We’ll let Ray take up the story: “I have been a private hire/taxi driv- er for 28 years in the Southend area. Over the past couple of years - at the ripe old
age of 71 – I have cut my working week down to three nights. Eight years ago I start- ed a new interest of extreme fundraising for a local children’s charity; since then I have raised a consid- erable amount of much needed funds for our Taxi Drivers’ Charity Fund for Chil- dren. “So this is my track record so far: At 63 years old I started my
lowed by several days’ underground caving. I then climbed to the summit of Asia’s high- est peak, Mt. Kinabalu (4,095mt/13,430ft). “In 2006 I scaled three erupting volcanoes: the first was Mt. Etna, fol- lowed by Mt. Stromboli and Mt. Volcan, all in the Sicily area. In 2009 I completed an extreme challenge to drive a team of huskies and sled 250km across the frozen Arctic to raise funds for Little Havens Childrens’ Hospice. “A Death Valley trek in Nevada, USA was my
most strenuous chal- lenge to date, and was accomplished in 2010 for Little Havens Hos- pice. “In 2012 at 70 years old I achieved the world’s highest civilian tandem sky dive (H.A.L.O.) at 30,000ft (5.68 miles) above the earth. This was for the Taxi Drivers’ Charity Fund for local disabled children. “As well as all these exciting and some- times
dangerous
experiences, I have been hot air balloon- ing, microlite flying, wing walking and white water rafting; also an elephant jun- gle trek, gliding and have flown supersonic in Concorde (mach 2). In addition, I have over 30 years’ experience as a scuba diver.
Ray performing High Altitude Low Opening H.A.L.O. dive last year
“On the 18th August this year I will be attempting an extreme Guinness
World
Record. This is an extreme Bungee jump world record that has not been broken for seven years and stands at a height of 164ft. I intend to break this record with an attempt at 400ft. “With all these adven- tures in mind,
if
anyone would be inter- ested in a talk, or if any business would like to get involved, please contact me. No charge is made for these talks; however, a char- ity donation would be much appreciated.” You can email Ray Woodcock on rayex- tremefundraiser@hot
mail.co.uk - We wish Ray good luck on his next venture.
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