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Team development raising funds for charity

By TJ (14-08-2007)
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A team of six from Knowledge Solutions, a provider of knowledge transfer and learning technologies, won a gruelling challenge to race from the source of the river Dart on Dartmoor national park to its outlet in Dartmouth, following the course of the river on foot, bike and kayak. The adventure race, called source2sea (www.source2sea.com) organised by First Ascent, is a team development activity that raises funds for the Marine Conservation Society and Kidscape.

Challenges over the course of thee days included battling through wind and rain across the bleak beauty of Dartmoor to find the source of the Dart on bike, a four hour cross-country run, 'Mountain bike scrabble' and kayaking down the Dart to Dartmouth.

With improved weather, the final challenge involved a run to the beach to find what looked like a set from 'it's a knock out': six drainpipes stuck vertically in the ground. Closer inspection revealed small holes along the length of the pipes, the aim being to run to the sea, collect sea water in buckets - complete with more holes - and then fill the pipes. To keep the water inside the pipes the holes needed blocking with whatever came to hand. This meant thumbs, fingers and in one case mouth, much to the amusement of the sunbathing masses enjoying the spectacle as they lounged on the beach.

Image: Knowledge Solutions team, CEO Adrian Palmer-Geaves, Marketing Manager John Cafferkey, New Business Development Manager Liam O\'Meara, Developers Jonathan Hills and Gavin Bennette and Professional Services Consultant Tony Parr.

 

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