Media Release

Location: Gars Am Kamp, Austria

Date: Monday, June 9, 2008

Subject: The SOLIO 2008 Mount Stanley Expedition

For Immediate Release:

Julian Monroe Fisher F.R.G.S., the Expedition Leader for The SOLIO 2008 Mount Stanley Expedition, just completed high altitude glacier training on the Hintertuxer Glacier in the Zillertal Region of Tirol in the Austrian Alps. Under the guidance of renown Austrian mountaineer Andreas Bucher, Fisher trained the required techniques of climbing and traversing the glaciers as well as self arrest and extricating oneself for a crevasse. The training was intended to prepare Fisher to lead The SOLIO 2008 Mount Stanley Expedition when the team will attempt to summit Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley which at 5109 meters is the highest peak in the Africa’s Rwenzori Mountains. The Rwenzoir Mountains, the fabled ‘Mountains of the Moon’, are located on the remote border between the African nation of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the nation of Uganda.

The objective of the expedition is to document the impact of climate change on the Rwenzori glaciers and the people that live within their shadows. The glaciers are predicted to disappear within twenty years. The expedition will also commemorate the 100^th anniversary of The Uganda-Congo Boundary Commission Expedition of 1907-08’. The actual geographic border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo was calculated by the 1907-08 expeditionary commission.

Better Energy Systems is the producer of SOLIO, the worlds first and award winning solar (hybrid) charger for hand-held electronic devices, (www.solio.com) and is The SOLIO 2008 Mount Stanley Expedition’s title sponsor.

Upon completion of The SOLIO 2008 Mount Stanley Expedition, explorer Julian Monroe Fisher F.R.G.S. and his team plan to present SOLIO portable solar battery chargers and additional support equipment to the Ms. Eunice D. Mahoro of the Ugandan Wildlife Authority and Mr. Nelson Guma, Senior Warden of the Rwenzori Mountaineering Services and to other support agencies.

Title Sponsor:

Better Energy Systems and SOLIO Portable Solar Battery Chargers of the United Kingdom and the United States

Sponsors:

Adventure Lights of Canada

Home Hardware of Canada

Costa Del Mar Sunglasses of the United States

The SOLIO 2008 Mount Stanley Expedition is supported in part by products provided by:

Abanya Rwenzori Mountaineering Association of Uganda

Acacia Safaris of Uganda

Adventure Lights of Canada
Adventure Medical Kits of the United States

Alpininst Bergführer of Austria
Benchmade of the United States
Brenig of Wales

Celestron of the United States

Chaco of the United States
Climb On Products of the United States
Costa Del Mar Sunglasses of the United States
Dale of Norway
Eton of the United States
Feathered Friends of the United States
Forty Below of the United States

Fort Motel of Uganda
GSI Outdoors of the United States
Hestra Gloves of Sweden
Hardigg Storm Cases of the United States & Europe
Headsweats of the United States
Home Hardware of Canada

Hotel Margherita of Uganda
Hot Huck’s Foods of Canada

Jetboil of the United States
Kabold Watch of the United States
Kahtoola of the United States
Kata-Bags of Germany

Kestrel Pocket Weather Meters of the United States

Mamba Point Guesthouse of Uganda
Masters Trekking Poles of Italy
Naglene Water Bottles of the United States
Outdoor Designs Logistics/Lightwave Backpacks of the United Kingdom

Paraa Safari Lodge of Uganda
PowerFilm of the United States
Rite In The Rain of the United States

Rwenzori Mountaineering Services of Uganda
SteriPen Water Purifiers of the United States
Sterling Rope of the United States
Tender Corporation of the United States
The Pett System of the United States
Thorlos Socks of the United States
Tibetan Aid Project of the United States
TimBuk2 of the United States
Carl Zeiss Cameras and Lenses of Germany

Ugandan Wildlife Authority of Uganda

Westcomb of Canada

Wildplaces Africa of Uganda

Products To Be Used From Previous Expedition Product Providers:

Johnson Outdoors/Eureka/Silva of the United States

Hunter Wellie Boots of the United Kingdom

Scarpa Boots of Italy

The Official Website of The SOLIO 2008 Mount Stanley Expedition is: www.MountStanleyExpedition.com

The Official Website of Expedition Leader Julian Monroe Fisher F.R.G.S. is: www.JulianMonroeFisher.com

Media Contact:

Regina Fisher

Expedition Communications Officer

The SOLIO 2008 Mount Stanley Expedition

The SOLIO 2008 Mount Stanley Expedition is a NOExpedition Project: www.NOExpedition.com