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From: Mountain Designs Perth <perth@...>
Date: 2008/10/17
Subject: Fw: re Peregrine Adventures
To: Mike Wood <mikew@...>


Morning Everyone,

Just a quick email to let you know of an exciting new development here at
Mountain Designs Perth.

Last week the owner of the Peregrines Perth office, my friend Peter
Lambert, announced his retirement and consequently I purchased the business
from him. The synergies of Mountain Designs and Peregrine Adventures are
obvious, from this one destination we can now offer you the 'gear for places
you'd rather be', and the actual adventure as well! I plan to share my time
between the two businesses in the same building and hope to see you soon to
help in planning your next adventure.

Remember that we are also home to the Bibbulmun Track Foundation, the Munda
Biddi Bike Trail Foundation, Outward Bound and the Duke of Edinburgh Award
Scheme. We sponsor and support these 4 important community groups for the
benefit of all who enjoy the 'Spirit of Adventure'.

As some of you may know I have been with Mountain Designs since 1986,
eventually buying the Perth Franchise in 1992 and expanding the WA operation
to 7 stores over the next 22 years. Between 1980 and 86 I lived and worked
in the Himalaya, based in Kathmandu, as a white water rafting, kayaking and
trekking guide. I spent 3 of those years helping to set up the Himalayan
operations of Peregrine Expeditions. In fact my first expedition to Nepal in
1980, the first complete descent of the Sun Khosi River (River of Gold) from
Tibet to India, was supported by Peregrine. Over the next 28 years I
returned to the Himalaya every year leading private trekking, rafting and
kayaking groups, undertaking mountaineering expeditions like the 40th
Anniversary Ascent of Mt Everest, led by Tashi Tensing, Tensing Norgays
grandson - and generally just having lots of fun! I managed not to neglect
other countries and adventure destinations either and have now been to all
seven continents, including a Sea Kayaking adventure in Antarctica in 2000.

I hope that we can share some more adventures together.

Kind Regards,
Mike Wood.
Managing Director.
Mountain Designs WA
Peregrine Adventures WA.









































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































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