Pre-Spiel Back to where it all started – my first expedition race was XPD 2015 – so the opportunity to race a 500km+ XPD again is pretty tempting when there’s a good team and location (within the state) on offer!With Adam (2019 Alpine Quest teammate) again on task by the organisers to haul his supply […]
Pre-Spiel; This race was actually off the calendar; I’d made a lousy promise to limit races until April in lieu of family time. That is until I got an email from Mark Wilson around Xmas asking if I’d like to join their team for Alpine Quest the month later. Fortunately the words “unsanctioned activity” gets […]
Pre-spiel: This race has always been ‘fun’, with a 2 person format and an atmosphere that everyone is there to just have a good time.. This year, not so much.As an inclusion in the Adventure 1(A1) series, all the top Australian 4-person teams were there, and in a sharp team myself it suddenly felt very […]
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 […]