Tech student to journey across 23 countries in name of charity
Allison Lowe
Issue date: 4/13/07 Section: La Vida
The summer is sure to be full of adventure and surprise for one Texas Tech law student who will be traveling from London to Mongolia in the name of charity.
Andy Taylor, a first-year law student from Fort Worth, said he will be representing Team SkipLizard, the first squad from Texas to participate in the Mongol Rally, a car race spanning 10,000 miles, seven mountain ranges, three deserts and 23 countries.
According to a press release for the rally, Taylor and his team partner, Ryan Dunnavant, will travel from London to France on a ferry before driving through Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic and 16 other countries to reach their destination of Mongolia.
The trick of the rally, which is in its sixth year, is all 200 participating teams have to drive in a maximum one-liter car, which is roughly equivalent to a four-cylinder engine. This teaches teams survival skills because there is no guarantee the small vehicles will withstand the journey.
The teams are comprised of a variety of people, Taylor said. There is a mix of both men and women, and each team has two members; there are nine American teams participating in the event this year.
"The 200 spots went in under 30 seconds," Taylor said. "We were very fortunate to get a spot in the rally."
Taylor said his main motivation for taking part in the rally was to gain a global perspective, and he feels others will benefit in enormous ways. All the money the individual teams raise for the rally will go to charity except funds allotted for gas and food to be consumed on the trip. Additionally, each team will donate its car to a Mongolian charity at the trip's conclusion.
Taylor said the entry fee for the rally was a donation to a Mongolian charity, and if he and his teammate are able to raise more money than what is needed to cover their bare essentials, they will donate the remaining money to Cook Children's Hospital in Dallas.
Taylor said if every Tech student donated a dollar, it would add up to three or four times the amount they need to get from London to Mongolia.
Andy Taylor, a first-year law student from Fort Worth, said he will be representing Team SkipLizard, the first squad from Texas to participate in the Mongol Rally, a car race spanning 10,000 miles, seven mountain ranges, three deserts and 23 countries.
According to a press release for the rally, Taylor and his team partner, Ryan Dunnavant, will travel from London to France on a ferry before driving through Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic and 16 other countries to reach their destination of Mongolia.
The trick of the rally, which is in its sixth year, is all 200 participating teams have to drive in a maximum one-liter car, which is roughly equivalent to a four-cylinder engine. This teaches teams survival skills because there is no guarantee the small vehicles will withstand the journey.
The teams are comprised of a variety of people, Taylor said. There is a mix of both men and women, and each team has two members; there are nine American teams participating in the event this year.
"The 200 spots went in under 30 seconds," Taylor said. "We were very fortunate to get a spot in the rally."
Taylor said his main motivation for taking part in the rally was to gain a global perspective, and he feels others will benefit in enormous ways. All the money the individual teams raise for the rally will go to charity except funds allotted for gas and food to be consumed on the trip. Additionally, each team will donate its car to a Mongolian charity at the trip's conclusion.
Taylor said the entry fee for the rally was a donation to a Mongolian charity, and if he and his teammate are able to raise more money than what is needed to cover their bare essentials, they will donate the remaining money to Cook Children's Hospital in Dallas.
Taylor said if every Tech student donated a dollar, it would add up to three or four times the amount they need to get from London to Mongolia.
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