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June 1st 2008

D4Hotels.ie Sponsor the Fearless Four in aid of PACT
Four Trinity students about to undertake a gruelling nine month cycle trek covering 25,000km to raise funds for projects supporting street children in Kenya.

The fearless foursome of Alan Gray, Ben Cunningham, Brian McDermott and Kevin Hillier are being supported by d4hotels.ie who have donated €25,000 to date with an additional €25,000 being raised by the hotel group’s staff over the nine months of their trek.

Departing Dublin on Monday 9th June and cycling through some of the most inhospitable terrain in the world, they return March 2009. These loyal Leinster rugby supporters are undertaking this trip to raise the €200,000 goal for three Aidlink projects in Kenya.

The Pan-American Cycle Test (PACT) and also the agreement that the four have entered into in keeping their promise to complete the trip

• Cycling 25,000 kilometres Alaska to Argentina
• 4 mountain ranges
• The Arctic to the Antarctic
• Two thirds of the earth’s circumference
• 14 countries (Alaska, Canada, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicuragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina
• Crossing the driest place on earth; The Atacama
• 80 miles per day from June 20th to March 9th 2009

They are documenting their trip on film and will track the journey of these four young men on a journey that will test them to the core physically and mentally.