*** BREAKING NEWS ***

*** DUE TO THE OBVIOUS SITUATION IN PAKISTAN AT THE MOMENT, THIS EXPEDITION IS UNABLE TO PROCEED THIS SIDE OF 2010…***

We are all so sad to see this dream get postponed, but despite your wonderful generosity, current circumstances mean it is impossible for us to complete our route. Our window of opportunity closes in November and we have therefore been forced to postpone leaving until September 2011.

The High Commission have insisted we do not attempt to pass through en route to India due to the current situation regarding flooding, food, clean water and the outbreaks of cholera.

We have informed them of our route plans and in return they informed us that the dry, desert areas such as Balochistan now contain 12 million homeless people whom are starving.

We would inevitably become instant targets and our safety could be jeopardised. We feel that it would be foolish to carry on as we are and enter ourselves into this current unstable environment.

Our contact in Islamabad says 29 bridges are down and most roads have turned into soft silt tracks.

We are all deeply disappointed.

The First Overland 2010 team.