So what’s next for the Patch Expedition? Win a Buff!

The flags have been printed – both the main Patch flag and the schools flag - and they have been sen...

The good, the bad and the downright ugly!

It’s been the best of times and it’s been the worst of times……Okay, so most people do the whole refl...

Winning Schools!!!

The Patch Expedition is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2010/11 School Competitions!  It ha...

Reunions, buses and food poisoning!

It didn’t matter that the showers were falling apart and that we had snubbed them on our departure f...

New Year - slightly less of a fat face!

We decided to stay an extra night in the relative luxury of Base Camp for the New Year celebrations....

Hey Fat Face!

Slept much better than I had on previous nights and woke up feeling like myself again.  Somehow I kn...

Tough Day!

Today we carried our first load to Camp 3 at just over 6000m – the final camp before summit day.  We...

It's all in the mind...

Christmas had been completely forgotten by now and whilst everyone at home would be tucking into tur...

Christmas Day!

What do you get for Christmas on Aconcagua?  You get to leave behind all your comfort, pick up your ...

Christmas Eve - but where's the mulled wine?

It didn’t feel in the slightest bit like Christmas Eve!  Bright sunshine and soaring temperatures – ...

Onwards and upwards!

Day 2 of walking would take us up to our second camp site, Casa de Piedra at 3200m.  It was a much l...

So far so good!

On Monday 20th December we said goodbye to the little civilisation that was left and headed off into...

And we're off!

Chest infections or not it was time to get going!  We had one night of luxury at the amazing Hyatt h...

Let the journey begin!

  Mon 13th - Wed 15th December 2010 With all the training, raising sponsorship, organising equip...

Get your kit on!!

For two people who don’t like shopping we were amazed to find that we easily spent five hours in Cot...

Patch on film!

Our second day of filming for our website today with Chester University Media team.  Both Steve and ...

Aconcagua!

Five weeks and counting until our biggest challenge yet – Aconcagua!  This will be by far the hardes...

Welsh 3000's

As part of our training we decided to set ourselves the challenge of completing the Welsh 3000’s.  W...

Training in the Glyders!

The latest challenge we’ve set to stay motivated and push ourselves during training is to complete t...

Calling all Scouts!!

Do you ever like to take a trip down memory lane?  Well I have recently as I was interviewed for the...

Technical Training in the Alps!

Having enjoyed a fantastic first week in the Alps developing our skills and climbing Mont Blanc,...

Climbing Mont Blanc!

Getting there and meeting the group! Easy Jet, cheap and cheerful, does the job.  H...

What song would get you to the top of Everest?

Sun was shining again last weekend as we headed to the Faenol Estate in Bangor for Radio 1's Big Wee...

Video - Patch goes to Radio 1's Big Weekend!

As Radio 1's Big Weekend came to sunny North Wales we decided to pay homage to this beautiful area ...

Patch does the Snowdon Horseshoe!

Bank holiday Monday and the sun is shining!!  Admittedly, so far it’s been a rather grey and grisly ...

Is it possible to get lost on Snowdon?!

This is a bit embarrassing to admit but we have actually managed to get lost on Snowdon!  No really!...

LyonsDen 'supporting' the Patch Expedition

This week it was time to face the cameras and get some pics taken at the gym to send out with our pr...

To eat or not to eat, that is the question!

So the training's underway and it's got to the intensity level whereby we need to seriously think ab...

Team Extreme tackle the Scottish Hills!

You must be mad!  This was the response we got from most people when we said we were taking a weeks ...