Noel Hanna, Everest Climber, Endurance Racer, Guinness World Record Holder, Adventurer.
In the course of carrying out bookings for one of our clients, Noel Hanna, we could not help but notice that he stayed all over the world. Indeed, one particular day he called our booking service and asked Fran could she book him a room for two days hence. But he said he would be out of phone range for the next two days as he was about to set off on the final stage of a mountain ascent!
Needless to say this twigged our intrest in the office and we decided to "investigate" Noel. What a guy he has turned out to be! Noel has climbed Everest twice, has competed in numerous long distance and endurance events. To see all that Noel has already achieved just open this link http://www.7summits2sealevel.com/pages/thechallenger.asp
But that's not all! Noel is also a Guinness Book of Records record holder and holds the record for Maxtrek going from sea level to the height of mount Everest (8848m) and back again. This he completed in just 21 hours and 50 minutes.
And there's more! Noel is currently completing the 7 summits to sea level challenge. Noel will climb the 7 highest peaks on the 7 continents and then descend to sea level as quickly as possible. He has already completed 5 of the 7 ascents (and descents). Climbing the 7 highest peaks will put Noel in a very illustrious group - Only 198 climbers have completed this challenge.
Nobody has completed Noels 7 summits to sea level challenge.
Noel is about to set off on another Everest ascent for a most worthy cause - hopefully raising £150, 000 (or more) for the charity Ulster Cancer Foundation climbing with Lynne Stark and cancer survivor Peter McAlindon. A previous Everest ascent of Noels raised over £80,000 for Barnardos.
It's a fantastic worthy cause and if you would like to support Noel, Lynne and Peter's efforts to raise £150,000 for the Ulster Cancer Foundation just open the following link
http://www.ulstercancer.org/events/everest.asp
You can follow Noel, Lynnes and Peters ascent online on Noels Blog. They'll be travelling and climbing for the next two months.
If you want to see more about Noel have a look on Mount Everest Net, Team Geared Up, Everest Ascent and on the BBC News site.
Of course when Noel travels and needs Hotel Rooms he uses Hotel Express. Noel says "I joined Hotel express 2/3 years ago and have never had a problem getting a hotel since. I travel a lot and need to book hotels at the last minute. I ring hotelexpress with my request and with in minutes they have a room available for me. When travelling no matter what part of the world you are in,the only tel.no. you need is hotelexpress. Their hotels are excellent and are up to 1/2 price -what more can I say"
Noel Hanna, 21 Feb 08.
Follow Noel, Lynne and Peter's progress on Noel's blog. We certainly will be.
If you would like to experience the hotel rates and service that Noel gets, just contact us by e mail or call us on +353 1 2130729. Membership costs just £119 plus VAT (€169 plus VAT) per annum. If you decided to avail of Hotel Express's services and mention Noel, Lynne, and Peter's ascent or this Blog article we'll send a £10 donation to the Ulster Cancer Foundation!
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