<span style="text-align: -webkit-left"><div style="text-align: center"><div style="text-align: left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px">So if you have made it this far you might be asking yourself what exactly is the 'Rickshaw Run'? Who are these people? And more importantly, how did I, for the life of me, end up here?</span></div><div style="text-align: left"> </div><div style="text-align: left"><em style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; font-size: medium">Imagine travelling 3500kms in a glorified lawn mower with a max speed of 55km p/h - all in just 2 weeks whilst battling some of the worlds worst roads, heavy traffic, smog, bandits, Delhi-belly, breakdowns, mountains, desert, religious processions, cows, elephants and other roaming animals...</em></div><div style="text-align: left"> </div><div style="text-align: center"><font size="4"><strong style="line-height: 24px"><font color="#0000ff"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">To skip the intro and donate - </font></font></strong><a href="index.php?mode=teamwebsites&name=rickshawraiders&page=charities"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>please click here</strong></font></a></font></div><div style="text-align: left"> </div><div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px"><strong><font size="5">The Who</font></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left"> </div><div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px">Welcome to the home-page of the 'Rickshaw Raiders' - a team consisting of Sydney-based mates <strong>Gabe Chipkin</strong> and <strong>Shaun Talbert</strong> who are going to be undertaking their greatest challenge yet - the September 2012 Rickshaw Run across India to raise money for charity.</span> </div><div style="text-align: left"> </div></div></span><blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border-style: none; padding: 0px"><blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border-style: none; padding: 0px"><img src="images/gallery09/8530/70862/400x400.jpeg" style="text-align: center" /></blockquote></blockquote><span style="text-align: -webkit-left"><div style="text-align: center"><div style="text-align: center"> </div></div></span><span style="text-align: -webkit-left"><div style="text-align: center"><div style="text-align: center"> </div><div style="text-align: left"> </div><div style="text-align: left"><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px"><font size="5">The What</font></strong></div></div></span><span style="text-align: -webkit-left"><div style="text-align: center"><div style="text-align: left"> </div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px">The Rickhsaw Run has been described as a "pan Indian adventuring extravaganza in vehicles designed for going nowhere" all in the worthy aim of raising money for charity.</span></div><div style="text-align: left"> </div><div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px">Our journey will take us 3500kms over the Indian subcontinent in just 2 weeks, in indisputably the worlds worst vehicle, the auto-rickshaw...</span></div><div style="text-align: left"> </div></div></span><blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border-style: none; padding: 0px"><blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border-style: none; padding: 0px"><span style="text-align: -webkit-left"><div style="text-align: center"><div style="text-align: left"><img src="images/gallery09/8530/70288/400x400.jpeg" style="text-align: center" /> </div></div></span></blockquote></blockquote><span style="text-align: -webkit-left"><div style="text-align: center"><div style="text-align: left"> </div><div style="text-align: left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px">From the mountains near Nepal to the desert plains of Rajasthan, we are going to be navigating the chaotic roads that India is famous for, in a three-wheeled 'vehicle' (if you can call even call it that!) which has the engine equivalent of that in a lawn mower</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px">.</span></div><div style="text-align: left"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left"> </div><div style="text-align: left"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="5"><span style="line-height: 24px"><strong>The Why</strong></span></font></div><div style="text-align: left"> </div><div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px">What could possibly motivate us to do this you might ask? Well, aside from the obvious answer - to improve our driving skills - we are doing this to raise money for two great charities:</span></div><div style="text-align: left"><ul><li style="text-align: left"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; display: inline !important"><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height: 24px"><strong style="font-size: medium">Black Dog Institute </strong><font size="3">- an Australian organisation which assists people affected by depression, bipolar and other disorders whilst also educating and raising community awareness about mental health issues (</font><a href="http://www.everydayhero.com.au/rickshawraiders2012" target="_blank"><font size="4">click here to learn more and <strong>donate</strong> to Black Dog via our fundraising site</font></a><font size="3">); and</font></span></font></div></li></ul><ul><li style="text-align: left"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; display: inline !important"><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height: 24px"><div style="font-size: medium; line-height: normal; display: inline !important"><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height: 24px"><strong>Frank Water</strong> <strong>Projects </strong>- a UK-based organisation which </span></font></div><div style="line-height: normal; display: inline !important"><font size="3">funds sustainable drinking water projects in remote Indian communities desperately in need (</font><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rickshawraiders" target="_blank"><font size="4">click here to learn more and <strong>donate</strong> to Frank Water via our fundraising site</font></a><font size="3">).</font></div></span></font></div></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: left"><font size="3"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px"><strong>Please help us</strong> in achieving our fundraising goals <strong>by donating</strong> to either of these very worthwhile charities <strong>by clicking on the links above, or </strong></span></font><strong><a href="index.php?mode=teamwebsites&name=rickshawraiders&page=charities">here</a><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px"> or on the 'Donate' tab on the left-hand side menu!</span></font></strong></font></div><div style="text-align: left"> </div><div style="text-align: left"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="line-height: 24px">We are covering our own costs so rest assured that every cent you donate will be going to charity. </span></font></div><div style="text-align: left"> </div><div style="text-align: left"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="line-height: 24px"><strong>Please dig deep and help us - it's for two great causes!</strong></span></font></div><div style="text-align: left"> </div><div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; 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