Friends of Kera (UK) charity is extremely proud to have completed the Everest Base Camp Challenge last month. The team was lead by Prakash Nardani, 27 brave members joined this challenge for a worthy cause supporting disabled children. The team members had been training hard for past 8 months and were fully prepared to face this tough challenge.
Everest Base Camp is one of the toughest challenge they claim to have done so far and the longest too. It was a 14 day trek with 6 to 8 hours of trekking everyday in severe conditions of cold, snow, rain and less oxygen as they climbed higher & higher, but the team members were all very brave and mentally strong to complete this challenge.
The total team fund raising collection so far has been approx £35,000. The participants were all majority from Kutchi (Gujarati) community of the UK. A total of 18 men and 9 women from London participated in this charity event within the age range of 22 and 61 years.
Team members included: Kishore Nardani, Prakash Nardani, Ghansham Nardani, Pravin Mavji Hirani, Chandrika Kalyan Rabadia, Rajnikant Dhanji, Vanisha Nardani, Prem Kalyan Rabadia, Rajen Nardani, Amrat Hirani, Rithen Pravin Hirani, Ashwin Sojitra, Roshni Vekaria, Ketan Hirani, Premila Pindolia, Naresh Pindolia, Mansukh Kunverji Meghani, Arvind Kunverji Meghani, Kastur Patel, Ramesh Vekaria, Dhanu Jesani, Laxman Patel, Hrishkesh Mehta from Mumbai, Michal Lipert from Poland, Savita Laxman Patel, Priti Ramesh Vekaria and Chandrakant Mawji Patel.
