PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VALENTINES DAY HAS NEVER BEEN SO CHALLENGING: On 14th February the Queen of Hoxton in Shoreditch is breaking out heart-shaped confetti for a Valentines event, with a difference. Speed Dating for Boobies, in aid of breast cancer awareness charity CoppaFeel, was the brainchild of Adventurer Dave Cornthwaite, a five-time World Record-breaker who has skateboarded across Australia and paddleboarded the length of the Mississippi. But Cornthwaite’s hardest challenge was much closer to home, when he tried to find a girlfriend by attempting to date 100 women in 100 days. He says: ‘I wanted to mingle the launch of my book, DATE, with a dating event that imitated the intensity of my dating challenge. With 50 girls and 50 guys dating each other for just 100 seconds, this is a great twist on speed dating for an amazing cause.’ Another high profile guest on the night is Bonita Norris, who has skied to the North Pole and is the youngest British female to climb Mount Everest. But, she says, she’s never been speed dating. ‘I’m apprehensive about going on 50 dates in one night, but I’m not exactly girlfriend material, I spend most of my time living in a tent in very cold places!’ Also dating on the night is multiple ocean rower Elin Haf Davies, and Sean Conway, who is about to attempt the fastest circumnavigation of Earth by bicycle. But, Cornthwaite stresses, you don’t need to be an Adventurer to come along, the event is open to everyone who appreciates a challenge. Tickets are selling fast and with a copy of DATE going to every participant, this is one speed dating event that nobody will leave empty-handed. Tickets are £12, available through www.boobdating.eventbrite.com //ENDS// NOTES FOR EDITORS For more information contact Dave Cornthwaite on dave@davecornthwaite.co.uk or by phone on 07872 986084 Venue: The Queen of Hoxton, 1-5 Curtain Road,
Shoreditch
, London, EC2A 3JX Times: Doors 18.45pm. Event begins 19.30pm. The Charity Web: www.coppafeel.org About Dave Cornthwaite Website: www.davecornthwaite.com About Bonita Norris Website: www.bonitanorris.com Quotes – Kris Hallenga, CoppaFeel founder “CoppaFeel! is a really important campaign to raise awareness about breast cancer diagnosis, so I’m delighted to be able to do my bit for this amazing cause. Guys who I will be looking for on the night will be the most charitable ones - the biggest donation to CoppaFeel! will be the best way of getting my attention” - Bonita Norris, Mountaineer “This event is a win win. Great cause, great fun, and if you’re not enjoying a date it’s fine, because you’ll be moving on in a minute!” – Dave Cornthwaite, Adventurer “Bonita says she’s looking for the most generous guy on the night. I keep telling her you can’t get more generous than organising the whole event, but she just pretends she hasn’t heard me.” – Dave Cornthwaite
CHARITY SPEED DATING EVENT ATTRACTS RECORD-BREAKING ADVENTURERS
Ticket website: www.boobdating.eventbrite.com
CoppaFeel! is a breast cancer awareness charity striving to encourage young people to be aware of their bodies and check their boobs!
Contact: Kris Hallenga - kris@coppafeel.org
An adventurer, author and motivational speaker, Cornthwaite is best known for his Expedition1000 project, twenty-five separate journeys of at least 1000 miles in distance, each using a different form of non-motorised transport. Throughout the project he aims to raise £1,000,000 for charity. DATE is his second book.
Bonita is Britain’s youngest chick to climb Mount Everest, she’s an ambassador for the watch brand TAG Heuer and outdoors brand Karrimor. At the age of 24 she has also skied to the North Pole and climbed some of the highest mountains in the Himalayas, but she has never been speed dating.
“Copping a feel on the first date is never guaranteed but we do encourage partners to get involved with this life saving activity! We’re so excited to host our very first speed dating adventure with Dave and hope it will not only get people talking about boobs, but help us raise money so we can keep talking about it to a lot more people.” 
