News April 2010
18th April. Lee guides a team in the Himalayas for leading UK expedition company Jagged Globe, to Mera Peak in the Himalayas.
4th April. Lee will be guest speaker at The Jazz Cafe, at the Madejski Stadium in Reading Berkshire.
This charity chilli and curry night is in aid of Community First Responders and Rays of Sunshine Childrens Charity. The evening starts at 7.30 pm and tickest on the door are £15.00. Please come along and support these charities.
News March 2010
News February 2010
Mid Feb sees Lee at Glenmore Lodge in Scotland. Glenmore Lodge is Scotland's mountaineering school set in the Cairngorms. Lee will be training; learning skills for Scottish winter conditions.
News January 2010
19th January Lee will be speaking at the Royal Geographical Society Kensington London. He will be talking about 'Cold Environments'.
7th - 16th January Lee will be in Saint Bernard in the French Alps undertaking the International Mountain Leader Winter training, and also catching up with old mountain buddies in the Alps.
News December 2009
Lee will deliver a Christmas Message on BBC Radio Berkshire with Debbie Magee on Boxing Day 11.00 am.
Lee summitted Aconcagua in Argentina on the 14th December. It took a fast seven hours from Camp 2 at 5,900 metres to the summit of 6,962m.
Listen to BBC Radio Berkshire on the 12th December, 11.00 am for a live interview with Henry Kelly and Lee direct from the Andes.
December is spent still in Argentina, South America on an expedition on Aconcagua the highest mountain in South America and indeed the Western Hemisphere. Lee will be back in time for Christmas though!
News November 2009
Lee faces his final 2009 challenge: climbing in Argentina's Vallecitos region and then onto Aconcagua at 6,962 metres the highest mountain in South America.
News October 2009
Lee will be a guest on BBC Radio Berkshire's Henry Kelly Show on Saturday 24th October at 10.30 am.
Lee will be featured in the Newbury Weekly News 8th October Edition.
Lee successfully led two groups up the Umbwe and Western Breach routes on Kilimanjaro. There was 100% summit success.
News September 2009:
Lee will be guiding for Jagged Globe on Kilimanjaro Tanzania. He will lead two expedtions starting in September and finishing in October.
News August 2009:
August will see Lee in the Swiss Alps. For two weeks he'll be climbing in the Saas Fee area and then onto the Saint Luc area.
Lee will be on BBC Radio Berkshire's Henry Kelly show, at 11.00am on the 12th August.
News July 2009:
Lee summitted Mt Kinabalu's Low's Peak at 4,100m, the highest mountain in South East Asia, on the 25th July and got all his clients safely to the top and back down!
Lee guides an expedition in Borneo for four weeks, which includes a Jungle Survival Scool and ascent of Mt Kinabalu.
Lee will be lecturing onboard Thompson Flight on the Fire and Ice cruise around Iceland and Norway.
News June 2009:
Lee will be lecturing onboard Thompson Flight on the Fire and Ice cruise around Iceland and Norway from the 27th June.
Lee will be a guest on BBC Radio Berkshire with Bruno Brooks at 11.10am on the 26th June where he'll be talking about Antarctica.
Lee will be a guest on the Henry Kelly Show on BBC Radio Berkshire 1st June.
News May 2009:
Lee will be hosting the Bayer 10 Km race in Newbury, Berkshire on the 31st May.
Lee will be a guest on BBC Berkshire's Mary Green Show at 7.00am on the 30th May.
Lee will be a guest of BBC Radio Berkshire's Sarah Walker and will be on the BBC Road Show bus in Thatcham on the28th May.
Lee pictured with BBC's Sarah Walker and Soose.
Lee will be giving a lecture at Newbury Speakers Society at Newbury Rugby Club on the 26th May. The talk will be on 'Surviving the Death Zone'.
Lee will be receiving a donation for the National Society for Epilepsy during Epilipsy Awareness week from the Business Networking Group the BNI at Crookham Golf Club on the 22nd May.
Lee will be on BBC Radio Berkshire's Anne Diamond show midday on the 21st May.
Lee will be delivering a lecture on Everest to employees and clients of Wilkins Kennedy in Reading, Berkshire on the 20th May.
Lee is to be featured in West Berkshire Lifestyle Magazine May Edition.
News April 2009:
Lee will be giving a radio interview to West Berkshire's Kick Fm featuring in West Berkshire People, on the 20th April.
Lee is to be featured in West Berkshire Lifestyle Magazine April Edition.
News March 2009:
Lee will be lecturing at Downe House School, on the 26th March. He will be talking about Everest and the South Pole.
Lee is lecturing at the BP North Africa division conference on the 17th March.
Listen to Lee on BBC Radio Berkshire, 11.00am on the 10th March. He'll be talking about the Comic Relief Kilimanjaro Challenge.
Lee is to be featured in a BBC 2 documentary called Tibet: Murder in the Snow, on the 10th March.
Lee will be lecturing at Torquay Boys Grammar School on 9th March. This is part of the schools' ambassador programme of for the RGS.
Lee is hosting and lecturing at a World expedition afternoon at Dalton Crawley Partnership on the 5th March.
Lee pictured with Steve Dalton and Chris Crawley.
Lee will be interviewed in Woman Magazine w/c 9th March.
News February 2009:
Listen to Lee talking about Working Life in the freezer on BBC Radio Devon Judi Spiers show from 10.00am on Friday 6th February.
Lee will be speaking at Torquay Boys Grammar School, Torquay, Devon, on the 6th February. As part of the schools ambassador programme for the RGS.
News January 2009:
Lee is featured in this month's Berkshire Life magazine.
Lee will be on BBC Radio Berkshire Henry Kelly Show 11.00 am. on the 22nd January.
News December 2008:
Lee will be on BBC Radio Berkshire on Christmas Day. 08.10am GMT. Live from Antarctica.
Lee is working for ALE in Antarctica this month. ALE are the only company providing logistics and expedtions in Antarctica. Lee is principally a lecturer delivering lectures on climate change and the history of exploration in Antarctica. When he's not doing that, he's looking after groups of clients travelling to the South Pole and also exploring the Scott-Amundsen scientific base at the South Pole.
Go to www.antarctic-logistics.com for more information about exploring Antarctica.
To find out what the weather is like in Antarctica go to:
http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/weather/index.shtml
See the top right of this page for the latest temperature readings.
To contact Lee in Antarctica scroll down this page and use the satellite phone number or the satellite SMS free service.
News November 2008:
Lee will be delivering a talk on Everest at the Waterside Centre Newbury on the 6th November at 7.00pm.
Lee is to be featured in a BBC 2 documentary called 'Murder in the Snow. Shown at 7.00pm on the 10th.
Lee will be speaking at Langtree School on 24th November.
Lee will be at Downe House School to receive a donation for the NSE on the 25th November.
Lee will be on BBC Berkshire's Henry Kelly Show on the 28th November.
News October 2008:
Lee Farmer will be on BBC Berkshire co presenting the Henry Kelly Show on the 7th October. He will also be on Henry's Show on the 28th October.
News September 2008:
Lee Farmer has qualified as a rock climbing supervisor. Earning the Single Pitch Award (SPA). This qualifies him to supervise individuals or groups on single pitch crags.
At the end of the month Lee will be talking to Hungerford Rotary Club about climbing Mt Everest.
News August 2008:
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Lee summitted Mt Everest via the South East ridge in Nepal. He did this at 5.37 am (local time) on the 24th May 2008.
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