Leaving Argentina: 31 days in 31 pictures
A selection of 31 pictures from our final 31 days running in Argentina. A story within each, a memory. [oqeygallery id=12]
“Roadkill Stew” as austerity measures hit the project
“Better than horsemeat no doubt, and with a distinctive gamey flavour – but not half dry and tendonous!” That’s is our culinary assessment of Darwin’s Nothura, a grouse-like species of fowl, native to Argentina. We don’t tend to eat the subjects of our Megatransect wildlife surveys! But today as we ran the long asphalt road …
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Problemon, wet wipes are out!
Click here to find a “recipe” for homemade 100% ecofriendly wetwipes!! Good for a tight budget, too! Since we left San Carlos de Bariloche, approximately 1,200 miles away, we have passed less than a handful of rivers on our route – it’s incredibly dry this side of the Andes mountain range, living in the world’s biggest …
Living by the side of the road came to a head the other night……..!
It started in the morning with our collecting water from a policeman. He advised us that there was a structure about 10 miles away where we could take shelter for the night. We should have known better
“The Ecologist Magazine”: Running into the Grassland Queen of Patagonia
People around the world acknowledge the importance of forests and trees to humankind and the survival of our planet. But grasslands; the wind-torn steppe of South America or rolling prairies of Northern America; surely these do not score highly in the global index of priority conservation habitats? Wrong. This diminutive habitat is in fact an …
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Saving macaws, anteaters and the other weird and wonderful wildlife of South America!
Help us protect some of the last remaining wildlands in Bolivia, home to macaws, jaguars and anteaters.. During the coming months of the expedition, we’ll be running 20 miles per day in a bid to secure over 5000 GBP for BirdLife International and their partner Armonía, who are working to protect critically endangered species and habitats. We have …
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The Independent Blog: Why I Think Avaaz Is Pants But Bogs Are Brilliant
Harsh. Really I should like Avaaz, the online petition forum which uses international people-power to lobby for defenceless minorities on a global scale. Why, just this week in less than 24 hours, 500,000 people were moved to sign a petition to help rid Ecuador of an oil project which would threaten virgin rainforest habitat – …
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Back to work blues, a new fan and new sleeping arrangements
Back-to-work blues. Our planned weekend-break off our route to renew Argentinian visas, check on our floating home in Uruguay and renew certain kit items turned into a 12 day mega-break (escape?) from the running, breaking all my spreadsheets and plans for a big January total, such ill-discipline! Our bodies were screaming for break after 25-weeks …
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100 days running in images
Selected Images from the first 100 days of running, winter, spring, and a brief look at the new desert conditions, and with a novel idea for chafe-avoidance on the last slide, sorry! [oqeygallery id=10]
A Day In The Life
03:23 Need a wee. Good sign, this means at least I am drinking enough for once. I squirm around a bit in the hope that the wee will find a space which it hadn’t before found to rest for a bit, and leave me alone to sleep. It won’t so I crawl to the doorway …