Most likely to go crazy if left indoors for too long. Thor is best known for having a website dedicated to himself because he can. In addition, it is confirmed the only readers are his close family, so they have easy links to the live tracking of his events and can skim over the recounts. A photo collage of his ability to sleep anywhere and a documentary of this achievement is pending; it is expected to win prizes in seven countries for best mountain film.
Pre and post the Raid Gallaecia race, we darted around to taste just a bit of what the region has to offer. If you want history, I included Wikipedia links as I’m not going to pretend I remember all the history myself! Here below are some pictures and my thoughts/comments. Segovia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segovia We happened upon this ancient […]
Pre Spiel: It was a delight to hear that my 2015 XPD team mate Ahmed was keen to race again, and Raid Gallaecia fit the schedule – we were off to Spain! (where on earth is Gallaecia anyway?!). Thanks to Extreme Sports Kuwait and Pro Vision. Locked in was my China team mate Christine Perry, […]
Uyghur high country and classic silk road history! After competing in the ARWS China race I allocated some spare time to have a look around this remote and unlikely-to-visit-again region. Hooking up with another racer Jeremy we had a really great 2 week trip. Sadly this disputed territory will always be in the throws of […]
Pre-Spiel: This was a unique opportunity – when it was announced the ARWS was looking at accepting China’s Xtrail Expedition Altay into their fold, it was under the provision of a successful demonstration race. The demonstration race was to be in a remote part of China in 3 months (where on earth is Altay and […]
Pre-Speil: Weeks of trekking Annapurna Circuit & Base Camp (ABC) is hardly an express! Express is used in several forms here, as it’s the name of Intrepid Travel’s email newsletter “Intrepid Express”, it also reflects the amount of time they gave me to organise things when I received an email titled “Intrepid Express YOU WIN”. Pretty exciting title, but was […]
2013 Loney Planet Must See – Joining the Hoards. Well, it tuned out we were still “early” having no direct flights we arrived via Mexico City. Havana The airport hadn’t been updated since the 60s and as a flashback time warp it was great! Old concrete white walls and just the basics, a tv on […]
Pre-Speil: This town is rich in history – part of a tour, we had this stop scheduled on our trip and in fact I think it was the second stop! Ronda Town: They say this is where it all started, well it started a long time ago circa Julius Caesar! But yes, the bull fighting […]
Pre-Spiel: Timing a visit to Europe and Italy can be a strategic exercise.. Having heard about this race from my parents who missed it by days, I wasn’t going to miss it by any! Arriving just in time, the buildup and race (+ after party) was immensely fun as expected! What a thrilling event, albeit […]
Pre-Speil: I first heard about these little towns you ‘have to’ walk between, scattered along the West coast of Italy. That was 2002.. 10 years later – I made it! Vernazza:
Pre Spiel: This is on a bucket list of most Europe-stumbling Australian vagabonds – hard to avoid when they show it on our national news every.. single.. year.. – during your prime childhood years of learning about the world! (Yes, I blame prime time morning and evening news for being a part of it).(This and […]