Sponsorship
PADDY PALLIN SPONSORSHIP GUIDELINES
Paddy Pallin are proud to sponsor Australians exploring the natural environment around them. Paddy Pallin is also a major sponsor of the Oxfam Trailwalker event and through this joint work with Oxfam we are proud to make a positive difference in the lives of those less fortunate. Unfortunately our annual sponsorship budget has been entirely allocated. As such we will not be accepting any sponsorship applications until further notice.
Each year Paddy Pallin is proud to be the major outdoor sponsor of the Oxfam Trailwalker which helps to raise awareness and money for millions of people in developing nations worldwide.
In addition to this Paddy Pallin periodically donates money to environmental causes through our “Don’t Bag the Environment” campaign in our stores. This campaign actively encourages customers not to take a carry bag. For each carry bag that is refused Paddy Pallin donates 20c to a nominated environmental cause.
Above and beyond this Paddy Pallin are proud to sponsor select adventurers in their pursuit to explore our globe and their inner strength. You don’t have to be climbing the world’s tallest mountains to be sponsored by Paddy Pallin.
Paddy Pallin the man had a passion for discovering the Australian wilderness and his own limits. Today Paddy Pallin the company sponsors those adventurers who are endeavouring to create a unique journey. To explore more of our globe than the average person, helping to improve the circumstances of those less fortunate or helping to conserve the natural environment that we all love to enjoy.
SPONSORSHIPS:
1000 HOUR DAY EXPEDITION
Chris Bray (24) and Clark Carter (23) are headed to the largely unexplored Victoria Island – the ninth largest island on Earth – in Northern Canada. Alone for 100 days, the adventurers will haul 200kgs of food and supplies behind them for 700km across tundra, water and ice in a cart they have designed and built for their quest to cross the island.
The carts, with giant wheels 1.5m tall, are made from carbon fibre, ballistic-grade Kevlar, and aluminium. They join together to form a platform for their tents, and even float across rivers.
The risks of the expedition - although well managed - are real. Polar bears are the biggest danger, and Chris was chased by a pack of Arctic wolves on his last visit to the island.
“It can be scary at times, and sometimes you want to give up - but that’s what it’s all about.” Says Clark.
Chris and Clark will be relying on gear and clothing provided by Paddy Pallin to keep them warm and alive in this unhospitable terrain.
To find out more about the 1000Hour Day expedition and Paddy Pallin’s involvement go to www.1000HourDay.com
ICEBIRD KITESLED EXPEDITION 2008
If you have ever visited an alpine area and caught sight of a giant kite towing a steerable sled around the mountains at speed, then you may already know of the Icebird Kitesled program.
For several years now, Pat Spiers, Dave Goldie and Ben Deacon have been developing and testing their own way of travelling the alpine and polar regions of the world.
Propelled by futuristic power kites and piloting high-tech sleds, they have already traversed icecaps and mountain ranges in both hemispheres.
The latest version of their Kitesled is a light, manoeuvrable design made from a mix of carbon fibre, high-molecular-weight polyethylene, stainless steel and good old-fashioned timber. It can be powered by various kites ranging from 1.5 to 25 square metres in area, or man-hauled on windless days.
In March, Pat and Dave are off to travel the 1500km Eastern shoreline of Hudson Bay in Northern Quebec. This remote, wild and windy coast has many charms and challenges to offer these wind powered ice adventurers, ranging from pressure ridges and blue ice to polar bears, remote Inuit settlements and treacherous river outflows that never freeze. They will be kept warm and alive with specialist clothing and equipment provided by Paddy Pallin.
It’s a unique goal, a unique way to travel, and is supported by Paddy Pallin.
To find out more and to watch the adventure unfold go to www.kitesled.com
OXFAM AUSTRALIA – TRAILWALKER
Oxfam Trailwalker is the world's greatest team challenge. And it's also one of the toughest. The challenge is to get your team of four across 100km of Australian bush in less than 48 hours - and, collectively, to raise at least $1,000 to help to overcome poverty and suffering around the world.
To the credit of Australian participants and Oxfam Australia the amount raised each year has been growing substantially. Paddy Pallin has been a National Sponsor for the last seven years, as well as the official retailer for Trailwalker specific gear and merchandise. We are incredibly proud to continue to be associated with such a pinnacle event that achieves wonderful results on so many levels.
To find out more about the Oxfam Trailwalker visit www.oxfam.org.au/trailwalker
PADDY PALLIN ROGAINE
If you live in ACT or NSW why not combine your love of the outdoors and navigational capabilities and try a rogaine this year?
Rogaining is the sport of long distance cross-country navigation. Teamwork, endurance, competition and an appreciation of the natural environment are features of the sport. Rogaining involves both route planning and navigation between checkpoints using a variety of map types.
How can you get involved?
Get started with one of the Paddy Pallin rogaines.
The ACT Paddy Pallin 6 hour rogaining events are ideal for those wanting to try rogaining for the first time, as well as providing competitive challenges for the more experienced.
The 2008 NSW Paddy Pallin rogaine will be held on 15th June. To find out more about these events visit www.nswrogaining.org
KAC (Cross-Country Ski Race)
THE KAC is one of the largest cross-country ski races in NSW. The race route, from Perisher Valley to Charlotte Pass Village, traverses some 8km of gently undulating terrain through magnificent scenery. Anyone over 12 may enter.
Started in 1972 by some enthusiastic KAC members who wanted to encourage greater participation in cross-country skiing. The race has been held every year since. Held on the second Wednesday of August, THE KAC is a noted event on the Australian skiing calendar and is run according to the rules of the Federation Internationale de Ski. The race is the centrepiece of Cross-Country Race Week.
At the finish of the race in Charlotte Pass, KAC hosts a party and prize giving.
Paddy Pallin has sponsored the KAC for a number of years.
PADDY PALLIN ADVENTURE RACE SERIES
Paddy Pallin has joined with AROC Sport to bring you the best in adventure racing. Building upon the AROC Sport Adventure Series, this new set of races ensures there is something for everyone from the true novice to the advanced and experienced adventure racer.
The Paddy Pallin Adventure Race Series involves teams of 3 travelling the course together by mountain bike, kayak and on foot. You will be given maps before the start and will have to find your way from checkpoint to checkpoint. Lots of short legs with lots of changing of disciplines to keep it super interesting. The aim is fun and you will find our adventure courses will bring you the ultimate way to have a blast with your friends.
Teams of 3 people - mixed, male or all female categories. To enter your team now go to www.arocsport.com.au
KEEN ADVENTURE RACE
For one event T that you will actually want to wear with pride for years to come enter the Keen Adventure Race 2008. As product sponsors for the event Paddy Pallin will be providing all entrants a quality Berghaus Tech T that will keep you cool and dry. It will even help reduce odour!!!
AUSTRALIAN CLIMBING FESTIVAL
Paddy Pallin the man and the company has a long history of involvement in the Blue Mountains. As a founding sponsor of the Australian Climbing Festival in 2007 everyone at Paddy Pallin is looking forward to the 2009 Australian Climbing Festival.
NATURE CONSERVATION COUNCIL OF NSW – RISING STAR AWARD
Paddy Pallin has a long history of providing prizes for the Nature Conservation Council of NSW’s World Environment Day Awards. In 2008 Paddy Pallin is proud to be providing the prize for “Rising Star Award”, a new award presented this year to an outstanding environmentalist under the age of 30.
To find out more about the NSW Nature Conservation Council’s and the World Environment Day Awards visit www.nccnsw.org.au
BIBBULMUN TRACK FOUNDATION SPONSORSHIP
Paddy Pallin is proud to continue to be a Bronze sponsor of the Bibbulmun Track Foundation.
The Bibbulmun Track Foundation is an incorporated not-for-profit community based organisation established to provide support for the management, maintenance and marketing of the Bibbulmun Track.
Whilst the Department of Environment and Conservation continues to act as the manager of the Track, the Foundation ensures that the Track remains a long distance walk trail of international significance and quality.
The foundations helps to:
- Encourage community participation, ownership and education.
- Develop opportunities for tourism, employment and training.
- Advocate the protection of natural and historical heritage values of the Track.
- Attract funds and other resources.
- Promote the Track as accessible to all!
DONATIONS:
BLUE GUM HIGH FOREST
Thank you to all those members who visited a Paddy Pallin store from April to September 2007 and donated money to the Paddy Pallin Don’t Bag the Environment campaign by saying “no” to a carry bag. Your contribution has helped to save the St Ives Blue Gum High Forest.
On 18th December, the Mayor of Ku-ring-gai Council in northern Sydney announced that the last piece of the St Ives Blue Gum High Forest was brought into public ownership. This small urban forest has 30m high blue gum and blackbutts and is the most in-tact remnant of this ecological community left on the planet. Arthur Phillip in 1788 walked through here on his first inland exploration. The site has national, local, historical and ecological values.
We did our bit for Australia by contributing to the purchase of the last piece of the jigsaw. Thank you for your contribution. It just goes to show that small actions by a lot of people can make a big difference.
Nancy Pallin, Patron of the Paddy Pallin Don’t Bag the Environment campaign.
If you would like to make a donation directly to the current Paddy Pallin Don’t Bag the Environment campaign you can do so through the Paddy Pallin foundation. To find out how click here http://www.paddypallinfoundation.org.au/
BUSH HERITAGE CHRISTMAS CARD DONATION
In December 2007 Paddy Pallin ran a campaign in conjunction with Bush Heritage Australia to raise money and awareness for some of Australia’s threatened native animals.
With your generosity of Paddy Pallin shoppers, Bush Heritage Australia was able to purchase the equivalent of the following:
2,270 gum seedlings for the Western Pygmy Possum
330 acres for the Major Mitchell Cockatoo
30 acres for the Northern Spotted Quoll
To all of you who purchased or received a Paddy Pallin Bush Heritage Australia Christmas Card last Christmas we would like to say Thank You on behalf of the Western Pygmy Possum, Major Mitchell Cockatoo and the Northern Spotted Quoll.
PADDY PALLIN FUNDS ECO LOOS ON THE KOKODA TRACK
It’s not every day that you get a call out of the blue asking for help to build a toilet in Papua New Guinea.
Garry Sundin from Team BIGFISH has a close association with the Kokoda Track: his father finished his WW2 service in New Guinea. When he and his mates - many with a similar family connection to the trail - decided to trek the Kokoda Track for ANZAC day 2008, they wanted to do more then just visit where their relatives had been before them.
So when Garry approached Paddy Pallin to help the team deliver the very first ecologically friendly toilet to the Kokoda Track how could we possibly say no? To Team BIGFISH’s credit they have raised enough money to deliver not just one Eco Toilet but three eco-friendly ROTA-LOOs to the Kokoda Track, and we at Paddy Pallin are incredibly proud to have helped out. Well done Garry and Team BIGFISH.
AUSTRALIAN TIBET COUNCIL
Each year Paddy Pallin is proud to help provide the 2nd Prize of a $1000 Paddy Pallin gift voucher to the Australian Tibet Council for the Freedom for Tibet Raffle.
EDUCATION IN ACTION
After walking across Australia alone and unaided in 2003, Dave Mckern and Rupert the dog have not stopped there!
Dave has always been actively involved with the local community and also his local primary school, which his 3 sons attend. This has provided him with a firm foundation and strong passion for his latest undertaking -- ‘Education in Action.’
Education in Action (EiA) is an ambitious project designed to give children an insight to the greater world around them. It is focused on encouraging interaction, team work and stimulating children’s thinking about the world outside the classroom, home, or whatever environment they find themselves limited by. This is achieved through the creative use of global communications technology and the internet, giving children and adults an authentic, first-hand experience of life in the Australian outback. Communication is achieved through 3 mediums: face to face presentations, teleconferencing and the website which serves as a hub for students, parents and teachers to source information, stay informed and interact with each other through the online forums.
Through EiA, Dave has always promoted and encouraged:
• outdoor activity and fitness
• goal setting
• the benefits of healthy lifestyle
• the history, wonder and beauty of the Australian country
• the notion that dreams can be achieved
http://www.eia.net.au
GEMMA WOLDENDORP AND NATASHA SEBIRE’S INDIAN HIMALAYA EXPEDITION.
Gem and Tash set out to climb new routes on granite peaks and towers in the remote Miyar Valley in the Lahul district of the Himachal Pradesh, Indian Himalaya. Few climbing teams have ventured into this area, and only a handful of peaks have been climbed in only a few areas within the valley. The Miyar Valley has several smaller side valleys and some of these have had no climbing exploration. We know of only one all-female climbing team that has been into this area but due to illness, they did not climb anything. They plan to be the first Australian team to climb in this region. Their aim is to set up base camp at the head of the valley and explore the area, scoping out potential new routes and unclimbed peaks, moving camp when necessary. As the peaks are up to 6000m in altitude, they will start with easier climbs at lower altitudes for acclimatisation, then prepare themselves for a longer, more challenging new routes (preferably on an unclimbed peak). Come back soon to hear more about Tash and Gem’s progress.
Paddy Pallin are proud to sponsor Gem and Tash and even more proud to have them both as staff members in the Paddy Pallin Katoomba store.
THE CANNIBAL RUN
The ‘Cannibal Run’ is a trip planned to retrace the escape route taken by Alex Pearce the cannibal convict, who in 1822 escaped from Sarah Island in Macquaire Harbour, Western Tasmania and travelled east to the then settled area of Ouse. Pearce was the sole survivor who took 49 days to complete this arduous journey that led to starvation and ultimately cannibalism. Historically the emphasis has always been on the cannabilistic aspect of the journey where 5 of Pearces party were murdered and eaten. This has overshadowed the amazing feat of endurance and survival of the trek itself, through some of the most difficult terrain in Australia. The trip includes crossing the Braddon River/climbing Mt. Sorell/Clark River/Darwin Plateau/Andrew River/very rough terrain through Engineer Range/swim the mighty Franklin River/over the difficult Deception Range/onto Lighting and Loden Plains/Mt. Arrowsmith/King William Range and east to the township of Ouse. The 6 member team from Tasmania is comprised of 3 male and 3 females. Five of the team are active members of the SES Northern Search and Rescue Team and all are avid Bushwalkers. The team depart on the 17th November 2008 and we plan to post a podcast of their adventures early in 2009 as part of the soon to be launch Paddy Pallin Adventurer Podcast Series. Check back here for details.
To trace the steps of the teams journey, follow this link for a satellite view:
www.stormplanet.com
RECENT BENEFICIARIES OF THE PADDY PALLIN DON’T BAG THE ENVIRONMENT CAMPAIGN:
Stop the Toads – WA
The Southern Brown Bandicoot – SA
Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Foundation - TAS