Commanders do the craziest things pt 2 - Truckers up Teide!

Flossy · Nov 12, 2018

Well they've only been and gorn and done it!

What a brilliant day and what a great community this is! Very well done to everyone, whether taking part in the ascent of Teidi, or the in-game SRV challenge, covering the whole event in an epic 15+? hour stream, or making donations to support the two awesome charities, Special Effect and Hearing Dogs. Right now the total stands at £9,249.42 which is £11,122.75 with Gift Aid, and is an unbelievable amount given by so many in this community. It would be even better to see that total reach £10,000 without the gift aid, so if anyone would like to help it get there just go to http://bit.ly/TUTeide to make a donation!

MikeSnos · Nov 17, 2018

A thank you and some photos of the trip. Don't forget to donate! Please....

Thank you to everyone who supported our madcap Truckerish escapade, whether in-game, or online, or via stream, or in person, or by donating. Every single bit of support helped us enormously and was, and is, very much appreciated.

It's not too late to donate. We may have exceeded our target but please do donate if you can by visiting http://bit.ly/TUTeide

Below are some photos to give you a flavour of our travels.

Shortly after arrival at the Villa on Thursday the team pose in front of the old Orange Tree with a special guest courtesy of Messrs Ellis and Marcaigh (thank you so much both of you for doing that for me!)....

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On the Friday we went on a scouting trip to check out stop points, scenic points of interest and to do some pointing....

The cyclists prepare for a trial ride on the Saturday

Bret Riverboat and Evenstar at the 27km mark on the cycle ride

Cmdr Overlight on the way up

The hikers pose at the beginning of the track to the top.

The first part of the hike up the Volcano. 5kms of sustained uphill slog. This was followed by an even worse section full of boulders of pumice and tricky footholds.