Adventure
Tackle Three Personal Peaks in 2010
We’ve crossed the proverbial line between 2009 and 2010 and it’s usually a time when many people come up with ‘New Year’s Resolutions.’ Whether it is to quit smoking, loose weight, take up exercise, work on a relationship or whatever, the dawn of a new year has a kind of “new beginnings” effect on most of [...]
Is it possible to hide in the digital age?
Gone! He told no one his plans; not his girlfriend, or his parents, or his friends. No one knew where he was going, or his new name. He left no hints. If anyone found him, it would be because of his own mistakes…Evan Ratliff went on the run with Wired readers trying to track him [...]
And away they go for the 5th Primal Quest…
Primal Quest, the worlds most challenging human endurance competition got off to a start at Big Sky Resort in Montana, USA, today…
Primal Quest is an expedition-level adventure race In which endurance athletes from around the world compete over an 800 km course. During the non-stop 10-day event, teams of four travel through a series of [...]
X-MEN: The Pathfinders of Rainforest Challenge
Here is an update on my 9 December 2007 post, Rainforest Challenge – Live Your Passion in 4×4 Adventure…
X-Men, the Pathfinders of the event has uploaded 200 to 300 photographs of the RFC 2007. These are the guys that slog in and out of the jungle trails come monsoon rain or shine. They are also the [...]
Dakar 2008 cancelled
The organisers of the Dakar, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), after deliberations with the French government, have taken the decision to cancel the 2008 edition of the rally, scheduled from the 5th to the 20th of January between Lisbon and Senegal’s capital. The decision was reached due to security concerns. Read the detail on the official [...]
KayakMind relaunch
For the adventurous out there… The website KayakMind.com has been relaunched as an online network for whitewater paddlers by its owner, Chris. It’s a powerful social networking system much like MySpace or Facebook, but just for boaters. Members get their own profile where they can upload pictures and videos… Your own blog to conveniently connect with [...]
Rainforest Challenge – Live Your Passion in 4×4 Adventure
The Rainforest Challenge is the biggest internationally represented 4×4 jungle adventure action event and takes place annually from end November to early December. With competitors and press coming from 30 countries, this assembly of 4×4 vehicles and enthusiasts from North and South America, Asia Pacific, Africa and Europe will be sharing friendship, teamwork and camaraderie [...]
The Outside Edge Expedition
The modern-day explorer, Kingsley Holgate and his family team earlier this year set off on the “Outside Edge Expedition” to circumnavigate the Africa continent in a world-first Land Rover and inflatable boat journey. The expedition is to take them clockwise through 33 countries around the outside edge of Africa. The team is to continue with [...]
