Hoy chalamos con uno grupo de chicos (40 estudiantes y 3 profesores) en Cochrane, Patagonia, Chile. La escuela tiene mas o menus 550 chicos desde 4 hasta 14 años. Hablamos del desafio y tambien la naturleza de Sudamérica. Les preguntamos: ¿”Porque necistamos la naturaleza?”…. y las repuestas fue:
¡Bienvenido al primer boletín informativo de 5000mileproject! Hemos dejado nuestro querido bote de madera “lista light” descansando, y hemos cambiado el mar por la tierra firme, en una expedición que registrará un nuevo récord y nos verá corriendo implacablemente, educando a niños y grandes, recaudando fondos para nuestras beneficencias, ganando puntos para la vida silvestre …
Han pasado un poco más de tres semanas desde que comenzamos nuestra odisea a lo largo de Sudamérica investigando las áreas naturales que se encuentran en peligro. Nuestros pies ya se están acostumbrando a la rutina diaria, aunque no responden todavía como verdaderos pies atléticos. Esta mañana emergimos de nuestra tienda de campaña montada al …
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Ugggg, we’ve had to stop running again! After exactly one week of buses and waiting for buses; transiting from Argentina to reach the mountain we could see across the border in Chile, but were not permitted to traverse, we arrived on Thursday into Villa O’Higgins. This 900-odd-person-strong community is at the end of the western …
Are you familiar with the phrase? “Skunking about”? Or whether, indeed, it is a phrase? Well, during the first weeks of the expedition skunks certainly where about, although in general they were only noted in their passing. That is passing by, rather than passing away (alas, on several occasions we did witness their squished striped …
So weeks of indecision have finally been decided – we will not be allowed to pass through to Chile on our route, and because of the gamble we took to run 90km up to the border, the journey will now have to be broken. At least it’s a decision, up to now we’ve had all …
We’re over three weeks into our 5000 mile odyssey to run the length of South America for its threatened wild areas. Our feet are gradually becoming used to the daily routine, if not yet responding with true athletic gusto! We awoke this morning in out tent… Please click here for the blog: http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/04/5000-project-running-into-patagonias-fantastically-oblivious-mr-fox/ Please do …
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Very excited! Today we saw a bird we have both been hoping to catch a glimpse of for ages…..a torrent duck! Or pato cortacorrientes here in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina This little fellow has the stout tail of a cormorant and the finesse of the ‘bobbing waiter’; the European dipper. He has a striking …
Now then… just what you’ve been twitching for… here is the first month’s wildlife list! It includes all the species of weird and wonderful wildlife we have seen whilst running. After all, these are the true celebrates of the 5000mileproject and for whom we started this expedition for in the first place! The list begins …
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What images do you see when you think of Patagonia? An icy steppe? Well, there is that – but as we sailed through Chile’s fjords we also found lush rainforests and turquoise waters. Now, as we travel in our recycled trailer through a Patagonian winter, we are discovering another unexpected sight; the Lenga forest…. Follow …
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