From Scandinavia
Last fall an extensive article about IPPG was published in one of the biggest weekly magazine in Norway, at the same time as an article in the Norwegian Nepal Association magazine.
On the occasion of Reinhold Messner's lecture in Oslo, about 300 copies of the Sharing the Load brochure were handed out.
Several Norwegian equipment suppliers have agreed to sponsor IPPG with clothes. Last fall Thai Airlines agreed to give me and my group of trekkers 100 kg excess
luggage. We took more than 100 kg of clothing from Ulvang, Lowe Alpine and Berghaus to the Porter Clothing Bank. The problem as always is not to get clothes in Norway, but to transport it to Nepal!
Welcome to Per Nyberg, new rep for Sweden. Per says: "I'm working in a school for children aged between 6 and 11. I'm an active climber, snowboarder, birdwatcher, photographer. I'm a member and try to be active in the Swedish mountain and climbing organisations, and the Swedish nature protection organisation.
I have travelled and climbed mostly within Sweden but also in Canada, Russia, Italy and Turkey. I have not been in Nepal but I have read a lot about it and will go there. I know a lot about the porters' situation. I have also started to study the Nepal language."
Coming up
- David and I will try to bring clothes when we visit Nepal with our groups next fall.
- The Norwegian Mountain Touring Association wants to write about IPPG in their yearbook 2002, connected to the International Year of Mountains.
- We also try to get other organizations and magazines to write about IPPG.
- The Norwegian Broadcasting has been asked to show Carrying the Burden. If they are not interested, we will ask others.
- Sharing the Load brochure will be translated into Norwegian and 10,000 copies will be printed.
