Imagine, running through some of the shadiest, crime-ridden towns you could ever envisage. Your heart´s beating, your eyes are straining, your feet won´t power quick enough, waiting for the moment…. But somehow you get through…to the other side and you find extraordinary people. In a country with a reputation of violence and crime you find the greatest warmth you could …
Eyes follow us. Two gold-chained teenagers smirk. A black-maned woman beckons to us, her son screams over and over, “Here come the Britanicos”. We wince under his megaphone words and hide in a shred of dark shade under a sign, hanging, just, by one rusted nail. What have we done? Welcome to KM 88, the …
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We launched our Do-Nation campaign recently and we have had a good start with pledges totally 907kg of CO2 being saved from entering the atmosphere – THANK YOU!!! WEEK 1 WINNER ANNOUNCED We have worked with one of our sponsors, Berghaus, to add even more incentive to taking part, and we are delighted to announce …
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Thanks Master Elithorn from Farnham for that question! Well, it´s good timing too, because we were running through Brazil the other day and what we saw blew our minds!!! A Giant Anteater! They live in all sorts of habitats but in many places they are not doing well at the moment. It is easiest to …
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I have waited a long time for this day – the day the sun passed directly overhead! Everyday, the sun passes in an arc from East to West (well, we spin really, but let´s take an earth-centric view of things!), no matter where we are in the world, excluding the very poles. If you live in …
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Manaus to Boa Vista Miles (kms): 479 (770) | Days running: 22 | Days of Rain: 16 Biggest Week, miles (kms): 165 (265) | …
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Cada ítem que ponemos en el carrito (que venimos empujando por más de 5000 millas en la nieve, lluvias torrenciales, barro pantanoso) es crucial. No puede ser de otra manera. Cada objeto superfluo implica más demandas para nuestras rodillas, nuestras articulaciones, nuestra espalda. Especialmente escalando los Andes, o ahora, en la cuenca del Amazonas, corriendo …
Un río de sudor corre por mi pecho. A la distancia, el rugir de los truenos desata la orquesta del Amazonas. Grillos, chicharras y saltamontes chillan con anticipación desesperada. Un par de tucanes pechiblancos aúllan desde sus perchas entre las ramas. Tres pihas gritonas se suman en un crescendo, escondidas en el entramado verde. La …
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A trickle of sweat runs down my chest. Distant rumbles of thunder trigger an Amazon orchestra. Crickets, cicadas and grasshoppers whine in desperate anticipation. A pair of white-throated toucans yelp in their lofty perches above the canopy. Three screaming piha birds join the crescendo from their skulking perches in the green latticework. The forest is …
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