OUR TEAMS EXEMPLIFY THE WHOLE BEING GREATER THAN THE SUM OF THE PARTS

THOSE WHO CONCURR WITH THE WAY WE DO THINGS 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 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.

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, 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 ARE NOT LIKE THAT FOUND ON COMMERCIAL TRIPS, AND THIS RESULTS IN TRIPS HAVING AN ATMOSPHERE MORE ALIGNED WITH THE PLACES WE GO. PUT ANOTHER WAY – THE STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLIMBING FORMAT JUST DOESN’T FIT PLACES LIKE NORTHERN TIBET OR THE TRANS-KARAKORAM

OUR TEAMS DEMONSTRATE 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. THE ENORMITY OF THE LANDSCAPES WE GO TO PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE, WHICH WHEN MIXED WITH THE CLIMBING 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..

OUR TEAM MEMBERS OFTEN DEFY THE COMMON CONCEPTION OF WHAT A SERIOUS EXPEDITION TEAM LOOKS LIKE. IT IS THE DIVERSITY OF CHARACTER AND EXPERIENCE THAT SETS THE WHEELS IN MOTION AND 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.