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Anyone doing the Prima magazine Trek to Machu Picchu in Peru for Breakthrough Breast Cancer?

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stripeytiger · 27/01/2008 17:52

Just browsing through March issue of Prima and saw a little ad asking for people to join? Can't get it out of my head and feel that this is something I would really like to do for so many reasons.

Anyone else doing it, wasn't sure where to post this, so it maybe that there is already a thread on the go?

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stripeytiger · 27/01/2008 18:10

Just me then ?

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stripeytiger · 27/01/2008 19:15

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stripeytiger · 27/01/2008 19:54

I really need some advice about this one, anyone out there, even if you're not doing it, would you if you could, do you think its a good idea?????

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stripeytiger · 28/01/2008 11:42

There must be someone out there who has an opinion on this? Thought I would get lots of replies

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CaptainUnderpants · 28/01/2008 11:56

If you fancy it then do it , however like all these kind of fund raising actvities you will need to raise alot of money just to get you out there !

have a good look at the small print before deciding anything .

Also I thought thet Peru were starting to restrict the amount of tourists to Machu Picchu , may be wrong , perhaps someone could enlighten us .

stripeytiger · 28/01/2008 12:01

Thanks CaptainUnderpants. Yes my boyfriend said that he thinks you have to raise something like £3,000 in sponsorship to take part. I have rung the telephone number printed in the magazine but only answerphone and not call back yet. May well email them too.

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Ubergeekian · 28/01/2008 15:46

How moral is it to ask people to raise £3,000, when most of that is going to be spent giving you a nice holiday?

How would your friends react if you simply said "I'm trying to raise money for a couple of weeks in South America, and I'll give any surplus to charity." It's the same thing, just presented differently...

stripeytiger · 28/01/2008 16:24

Ubergeekian, I'm not sure what percentage goes on the "holiday" and what goes to Breast cancer. It's not supposed to be a holiday, its a fund raising trek, but I take your point.

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