K2 Basecamp charity trek, Pakistan

Planet

Carbon Reduction

We’re proud to be one of the few B-Corporation certified tour operators in the UK. Certified B Corps are a new kind of business, balancing profit with people and the planet. This certification recognises our ongoing commitment to operating responsibly across all parts of our business. This trip is human powered as we travel mostly by foot.

Environment and Wildlife

Pakistan's Karakoram is one of the most stunning destinations in the world for lovers of high altitude mountains. There's virtually no light pollution and we want to do our part in keeping it as pristine as possible.

Our team in Pakistan will be enforcing a no-trace approach and helping to ensure that the provision of filtered and boiled water eliminates the need for single-use plastic. Non-biodegradable waste will be carried with us and disposed of responsibly.

We firmly believe that challenge events are one of the most worthwhile activities that a person can choose to do. They combine the exercising of the desire to challenge oneself, with fundraising for worthwhile charitable causes and discovering some of the world’s most treasured sites. As part of this, we believe that for any trip to be worth running, it should be carried out in a sustainable, ethical and transparent operational manner - from initial booking, to your return home, and we are committed to ethical and sustainable practices in all areas of our work.

People

Local Economy

We firmly believe that all challenges should be locally led, which is why our in-country teams are made up of local people with expert local knowledge and a genuine passion for the communities in which they are based. This also means that more of the money that you pay for your trip goes directly back into the local community.

In Pakistan, you'll be in the safe hands of our partners - a Pakistani owned and operated company specialising in delivering outstanding treks in this part of the world. Along the way, you'll interact with Pakistani guides and the support team, who'll help you learn about the language, culture, religion, values and traditions in this spectacular country.

We'll run a pre-departure briefing for all of our challenges, covering how to behave responsibility and respectfully when travelling overseas.

All of our challenges have one thing in common: they're all designed to raise as much money as possible for some of the world's most worthwhile charitable causes, and our fundraising packages are built on an industry-standard 50:50 fundraising ratio with this in mind. We’re extremely proud to be part of a growing movement which helps to nurture the dedicated fundraisers of tomorrow for our partner charities.

We've helped our participants raise over £20m for charitable causes over the years and this is perhaps the most obvious example of how our business was created with purpose at its roots.

It’s not mandatory to fundraise so absolutely anyone can join our challenges. However even you elect to self-fund, we’d always encourage you to consider raising some money on the side!