Training partner’s Everest trip

Training partner’s MD sets out to follow in Mallory’s footsteps

Forshaw Group’s Liam Hanlon celebrates climber’s centenary with attempt to climb Mount Everest

This month Liam Hanlon, the

managing director of a new CIOB training partner, the Forshaw Group, will be heading to Nepal with a group of lifelong friends from Wirral in readiness for their attempt in May to climb Mount Everest.

The Tri-4-life team will be retracing the famous steps of

The 1922 expedition attempted to climb Everest from the northern side out of Tibet, as the south side out of Nepal was closed to Western foreigners. But in a twist of fate, the Tibetan route has just been closed, so the Tri-4-life team will attempt the summit from the southern side out of Nepal.

As young boys the Tri-4-life team played on the Merseyside streets walked by their Everest heroes Mallory and Andrew Irvine. Hanlon, the team director, said: “It will be a huge honour to follow in their footsteps exactly 100 years since their pioneering endeavour.”

The 2022 team has self-funded four years of preparation and will be supported by Adventure Peaks while raising funds for Community Action Nepal, the Wirral University Teaching Hospital and the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

The team have completed five weeks high altitude training in the Himalayas at the end of last year as they tested themselves in preparation for their attempt.

The team said they feel confident in their preparation, discipline, fitness and ability, and feel well prepared for Everest. The expedition will be raising funds for a Sherpa museum in Nepal as well as shelters for the mountain porters. ●

To follow the team’s progress or donate, visit: www.facebook.com/ Tri4LifeEverest2022.

George Mallory in a centenary celebration of the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition.

This was the first mountaineering expedition with the express aim of making the first ascent of Mount Everest. This was also the first expedition that attempted to climb Everest using bottled oxygen.

Tri-4-life Centenary Challenge Team: Liam Hanlon, Phil Walton, Martin Pritchard Howarth, Steve Hayes, Jonathan Fairhurst and Paul Cubbins

CBC moves into modern new home

Bradford firm JB Langley continues to grow

CIOB Chartered Building Consultancy JB Langley has expanded into new premises. The Bradford-based architectural and structural engineering services firm opted for a modern fit out for its new home.

The move is the next step in growth for the firm, which gained its chartered consultancy status last year.

Director Christian Richards MCIOB said that gaining chartered status was a logical development. “The accreditation demonstrates the skills and competences that we hold. This is a globally recognised standard for professionalism,” he said.

“We feel that this reassures our clients that they are in good hands. In addition, being a member of the CIOB opens up fantastic opportunities for networking and CPD progression.”