OUR TEAMS ARE OUR GREATEST ACHEIVMENTS.
AT FEEDING THE RAT EXPEDITIONS WE PUT TEAMS INTO THE GREATEST HIGH ALTITUDE WILDERNESSES ON EARTH. UNLIKE MOST COMPANIES THAT LUMP TOGETHER ENOUGH RANDOM INDIVIDUALS TO FILL A PERMIT, WE ORGANIZE UNIQUE SMALL GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT FUNCTION AS A SELF-CONTAINED UNIT BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT THE PLACES WE GO TO REQUIRE. OUR TEAMS ARE BIG ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES IN REMOTE LOCATIONS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS BUT SMALL ENOUGH FOR EACH MEMBER TO CALL THEIR OWN.
OUR TEAMS EXEMPLIFY THE WHOLE BEING GREATER THAN THE SUM OF THE PARTS DUE TO THE SELF-REGULATING WAY THE MEMBERS COME TO BE THERE. THOSE WHO CONCURR WITH THE WAY WE DO THINGS AND GO THROUGH ALL THE HOOPS THAT BEING ON AN EXPEDITION DEMAND FIND THEMSELVES IN A GROUP THAT BY IT’S NATURE HOLD MANY THINGS IN COMMON. OUR CLIMBERS DON’T JOIN THE TEAM – THEY ARE THE TEAM, AND THE COMBINATION OF THE CHARACTERS AND OBJECTIVES MAKE THIS UNIQUE EVERY TIME. FOR SOME THEY WILL USE THIS AS A LAUNCH PAD TO OTHER THINGS, AND MORE THAN ONE CLIMBER HAS EXPRESSED THEY FEEL THEY HAVE FOUND THEIR EXPEDITIONARY HOME.
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BEING IN A FEEDING THE RAT EXPEDITIONS TEAM CAN MEAN BEING PART OF CLIMBING HISTORY AND THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE ATTITUDES OF OUR MEMBERS. ALL THOSE WHO JOIN US ARE VERY AWARE OF HOW OUR EXPEDITIONS ARE DIFFERENT TO WHAT IS COMMONLY OUT THERE, WITH MOST OF THE STEREOTYPES OF COMMERCIAL CLIMBING BEING A LONG WAY OFF. THE FOOD, THE GEAR, THE DAILY RHYTHM, THE CONVERSATIONS AND THE DECISION MAKING ON OUR TRIPS ARE NOT LIKE THAT FOUND ON MOST COMMERCIAL TRIPS, AND THIS RESULTS IN TRIPS HAVING A REFRESHINGLY NEW ATMOSPHERE MORE ALIGNED WITH THE SORT OF PLACES WE GO. PUT ANOTHER WAY – THE STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLIMBING FORMAT JUST DOESN’T FIT PLACES LIKE NORTHERN TIBET OR THE TRANS-KARAKORAM.
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LIKE THE AREAS WE OPERATE IN OUR TEAMS REPRESENT DIVERSITY AND INCLUDE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CLIMBING WORLD. OUR GOVERNMENTS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SIT IN THE SAME ROOM AND ENGAGE WITH INTEGRITY, BUT WE CAN. LIKEWISE THE ENORMITY OF THE LANDSCAPES WE GO TO BRINGS A VIEW TO HUMANITY THAT TENDS TO PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE, WHICH WHEN MIXED WITH THE ACTIVITY OF THE EXPEDITION AT HAND CAN BE THE ANTIDOTE FOR SOME OF THE STRESSES OF MODERN LIFE. FAR FROM BEING ESCAPISM, TIME SPENT IN THE MOST REMOTE AREAS ON THE PLANET AND AMONG SOME THE WORLDS MOST MISUNDERSTOOD PEOPLE CAN BE THE INSIGHT HUMANITY NEEDS.
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OUR TEAM MEMBERS OFTEN DEFY THE COMMON CONCEPTION OF WHAT A SERIOUS EXPEDITION TEAM LOOKS LIKE. THOUGH THE OBJECTIVE IS ALMOST ALWAYS SERIOUS ENOUGH TO DIRECT EVERY ACTION, IT IS THE DIVERSITY OF CHARACTER AND EXPERIENCE THAT SETS THE WHEELS IN MOTION. OUR TEAMS COVER THE BROADEST SPECTRUM OF AGES, BACKGROUNDS, GENDERS AND LIFESTYLES. IF YOU VALUE THE SORT OF EXPEDITIONS WE RUN, YOU HAVE A PLACE ON OUR TEAMS.
