http://www.jakemeyer.co.uk Global Climbs and Adventures Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:29:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay - so 80 days since my last post.... There's not much that I can really say about why it's taken me so long to get back to the keyboard - it's certainly not through lack of things to write about. I have about 5 blogs from fellow adventurers which ... http://www.jakemeyer.co.uk/2010/03/slap-on-the-wrist/   A few weeks ago I was a member of the judging panel for Bebo's Big Think competition which gave young people the chance to not only discuss the problems facing our country, but also come up with their own ideas about how they would try and make a change. 6 ... http://www.jakemeyer.co.uk/2009/12/bebos-big-think/ Just got through a photo taken at the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Awards Ceremony a couple of weeks ago. The Earl of Wessex was standing in for Prince Philip, and although it was the first time I'd met him, we had a good chat.  He also recognised my tie (Royal ... http://www.jakemeyer.co.uk/2009/12/d-of-e-awards/ Awards ceremonies. Wow. On Sunday night I presented the award for best factual children's entertainment show at the children's BAFTAs at the Park Lane Hilton. As a complete outsider to these kind of events it was a fantastic evening, meeting some incredible people and having a wonderful time! Saskia and I were ... http://www.jakemeyer.co.uk/2009/12/childrens-baftas/ Well, it's been quite a busy couple of weeks, with several great events so far. Trawling back into my distant and hazy memory from about 10 days ago, I was a judge for the Youth Business International 'Entrepreneur of the Year Award'. I pitched up to Kensington Palace along with ... http://www.jakemeyer.co.uk/2009/11/362/ Well, having had a quiet few weeks recently which has given me a chance to get cracking with my book, the next few weeks are full of exciting events. First up, next Monday I am involved with the Prince's Youth Business International 'Entreprenuer of the Year 2009' Awards. I'm part of ... http://www.jakemeyer.co.uk/2009/11/exciting-november/ Feel that it's about time that I updated the site with my recent 'goings on'... First off, I spent 2 weeks up North in Scotland and northern England on my Regiment's annual training camp. We started off with 5 days in Edinburgh, which gave us a great opportunity to see the ... http://www.jakemeyer.co.uk/2009/10/just-cruising/ Just finished a rather busy week of speaking, and now preparing for my (TA) Regiment's Annual Training Camp, where we'll be up in Scotland for 2 weeks. I've just been promoted from 2Lt to Lt (and given another pip), which I'm very pleased about. A particular highlight of this week's ... http://www.jakemeyer.co.uk/2009/09/promotioncom/ Another stormy day on K2 I'm finally beginning to sort through some of the video footage that I took on K2 this summer. This is an example of a 'less than perfect' day on the hill! Also, I had a look at Fabrizio Zangrilli's Blog today (http://fabriziozangrilli.blogspot.com/), and alongside a picture of ... http://www.jakemeyer.co.uk/2009/09/a-little-holiday-video/ So- many apologies for not having written sooner -according to my last post, we'd still be somewhere in the Hushe Valley! Fortunately, as beautiful as it is, I'm now safely back home and enjoying a well earned break (if I do say so myself!). I arrived back in the UK ... http://www.jakemeyer.co.uk/2009/08/back-home/