You probably wont be content with the " because it's there" or "it's for the challenge" type of answer so let me elaborate.
On many levels the microlighting expedition around the world has had a huge positive effect on my purpose and reasoning for doing these expeditions. It has since become important to do them for reasons beyond the challenge.
The questions I ask is "What difference can the expedition make?" and "How does it add value to others?"
"What difference can this expedition make?"
Again the microlight expedition has had a fundamental influence. What we saw unfold below us as we hung from our open deck chairs flying across the world was both equally breathtaking as it was shocking.
The world is a breathtakingly beautiful place but shocking, in fact frightening to see the desperate state of the environment.
My entire working career has been in property development and "tree huggers" have certainly not been our allies so you can imagine the extremity of the experience to have made such a change of opinion, to the point that I now class myself as one of these "tree huggers". (did I just write that?)
I have come to appreciate the efforts being put into dealing with Global Warming but also see it as only one of many symptoms of a much bigger environmental crisis we have got ourselves into.
Now how does this fit into going to the South Pole? Well, it's the continent exposed to the hole in the ozone layer caused by all our carbon emissions so lets go down there and try to measure this ourselves. I am taking a small UV meter for this purpose.
My intentions with this expedition is to draw attention to the Global Warming related issues that will effect Southern Africa and inturn RED CROSS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL and after the expedition I will be doing corporate presentations to highlight the opportunities for both business and individuals within the present Global Warming efforts.
"How does it add value to others?"
Hopefully the RED CROSS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL will benefit from related exposure and the attention to Global Warming will have a similar impact on others opinions too.
And last of all encourage others to get out there and pursue their own dreams.
"If you not chasing a dream you are not living."
