[start] Well, thought we should provide the latest running figures from the roadside, just north of Coyhaique. Beset by problems well documented in the blog (border crossing, trailer failure and minor injuries) September was a slow month logging only 327, a century of miles less than planned. The breakdown follows: .. Week 6 – 103 …
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No doubt about it, dirt roads, ripio, compressed gravel, whatever you dain to call it, the roads we have been running the last 600km over have been a mixed blessing – they bring us to the places less travelled, weaving though the most spectacular scenery on the planet, but at the cost of some bloody …
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Watch the 1 minute video below as I try it out – its true!! I had never though it would be possible to speak to a bird but wildlife legend Sir David Attenborough shows us what is possible on a short video clip at our friends at Conservacion Patagonica. With this fresh in my mind, …
We have just arrived into Valle Chacabuco, the area of Patagonia we are raising money for, through our charity Conservacion Patagonica. Our first glimpse of this astounding mountainous landscape tells us just how much help folk here trying to restore this place are going to need – this is phenomenal! We were collected by pick-up off our route 11km …
Transcript from a recent interview with my former company about how a wayward management consultant came to be running 35km a day, living in a tent, trying to raise money, awareness and inspire environmental action for South Americas wild places . . . Over the coming year, we will look to profile Accenture UK alumni who have …
We have a problem in Bolivia, but it some ways it is a wonderful problem. Through our research to date it seems that we may have difficulty finding a route from Santa Cruz (where we must visit to see our charity Birdlife International’s partner Armonia whom we are seeking to raise money for) to Guajara-Marim …
just sat in a deserted gauchos wooden hut where we slept last night. Its howling with wind and rain outside, a stark contrast to yesterdays pure sunshine and blue skies, and we have another 20 miles to cover on the dirt road, albeit it through some of the most majestic and unspoilt territory on earth. …
Google maps doesn’t actually have the start point of our next leg, so we will be legitimately off the map! We resume the running in Villa O’Higgins and head, via point B here, 550km North to Coyhaique – look out for a phonecast tomorrow evening to explain more…
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