Chris Hare

And sure enough, through the support of parents, teachers, and friends, six months later, myself and my friend found ourselves walking across England, albeit the short way, that is the length way rather than up to Scotland. So we started at Land's End in the southwestern most point of the UK and walked back to our school just outside of Reading, close to London.

And sure enough, through the support of parents, teachers, and friends, six months later, myself and my friend found ourselves walking across England, albeit the short way, that is the length way rather than up to Scotland. So we started at Land's End in the southwestern most point of the UK and walked back to our school just outside of Reading, close to London.

And in the process of that, we raised something like 200,000 Hong Kong dollars, which was more than I could have possibly imagined. Perhaps more importantly, we raised a ton of awareness about the plight of people suffering from illnesses that are so rare, they basically don't get any attention from the pharmaceutical industry. And this began my journey of

And in the process of that, we raised something like 200,000 Hong Kong dollars, which was more than I could have possibly imagined. Perhaps more importantly, we raised a ton of awareness about the plight of people suffering from illnesses that are so rare, they basically don't get any attention from the pharmaceutical industry. And this began my journey of

protest, a type of protest that is pushing yourself physically and mentally for causes that you deeply care about. I ended up getting a scholarship to come back to Hong Kong and study at United World College. And me and my friend, we wanted to do something, a kind of 2.0 of our first expedition.

protest, a type of protest that is pushing yourself physically and mentally for causes that you deeply care about. I ended up getting a scholarship to come back to Hong Kong and study at United World College. And me and my friend, we wanted to do something, a kind of 2.0 of our first expedition.

And so where I was on his home turf in the UK for the first round, the idea was he could fly over to Hong Kong and we do our 2.0 there. The problem with doing an expedition in Hong Kong is that a walk across Hong Kong Island is something you just do with your girlfriend on any day of the week as a recreational kind of easy afternoon.

And so where I was on his home turf in the UK for the first round, the idea was he could fly over to Hong Kong and we do our 2.0 there. The problem with doing an expedition in Hong Kong is that a walk across Hong Kong Island is something you just do with your girlfriend on any day of the week as a recreational kind of easy afternoon.

So we needed to come up with something a little bit more challenging. Li Pochang's school is in Sai Kung, which is this beautiful part of Hong Kong where you have mountains, beaches, hiking trails. It's basically one big national park. And my school was pretty close to that area. So we figured we'd kind of develop an itinerary that took us from my school all the way down to Hong Kong Island.

So we needed to come up with something a little bit more challenging. Li Pochang's school is in Sai Kung, which is this beautiful part of Hong Kong where you have mountains, beaches, hiking trails. It's basically one big national park. And my school was pretty close to that area. So we figured we'd kind of develop an itinerary that took us from my school all the way down to Hong Kong Island.

And that ended up becoming a run, swim, and row of 150 kilometers, which we aimed to complete today. within 24 hours. So from walking, we were moving more into the more energetic and quick world of endurance sports, running and rowing and swimming. We began that journey, I believe in May, 2010, I was 16 and my friend Charles was 16.

And that ended up becoming a run, swim, and row of 150 kilometers, which we aimed to complete today. within 24 hours. So from walking, we were moving more into the more energetic and quick world of endurance sports, running and rowing and swimming. We began that journey, I believe in May, 2010, I was 16 and my friend Charles was 16.

And through again, wonderful support from friends, family, and community, we managed to complete that in 23 hours and 57 minutes. So just in the nick of time and in the process raised about another 300,000 Hong Kong dollars. At this point, I had so many friends had asked me about these mini sort of expeditions and how they themselves could do something similar.

And through again, wonderful support from friends, family, and community, we managed to complete that in 23 hours and 57 minutes. So just in the nick of time and in the process raised about another 300,000 Hong Kong dollars. At this point, I had so many friends had asked me about these mini sort of expeditions and how they themselves could do something similar.

And so it was on my mind, how could I provide this platform connecting endurance activities pushing yourself mentally and physically so far that people think you're a little bit crazy and want to know the reason why and of course the reason why being philanthropy being charity so i came up with a pretty simple concept nothing new at 24 hours why did i pick 24 hours because

And so it was on my mind, how could I provide this platform connecting endurance activities pushing yourself mentally and physically so far that people think you're a little bit crazy and want to know the reason why and of course the reason why being philanthropy being charity so i came up with a pretty simple concept nothing new at 24 hours why did i pick 24 hours because

It felt like something anyone could do, regardless of whether you were a seasoned athlete or not. The 24-hour race is participated in teams of eight. So you do laps in this team in a sort of relay-style race. And if you're tired, you tag yourself out and a friend goes. If you're feeling good, you do a couple laps. You can run, you can walk, you can jog. In some cases, you can crawl.

It felt like something anyone could do, regardless of whether you were a seasoned athlete or not. The 24-hour race is participated in teams of eight. So you do laps in this team in a sort of relay-style race. And if you're tired, you tag yourself out and a friend goes. If you're feeling good, you do a couple laps. You can run, you can walk, you can jog. In some cases, you can crawl.

So the platform felt accessible to everyone. What was harder was picking a cause. I knew from my two expeditions with Charles that when things were really tough, it was our respective causes that gave us the energy to carry on.

So the platform felt accessible to everyone. What was harder was picking a cause. I knew from my two expeditions with Charles that when things were really tough, it was our respective causes that gave us the energy to carry on.