“I’ve still got sand… in my shoes . . .”
… well, not sand but a little grit. 3 days back into the 20 mile-a-day grind but the memory of our 48hrs in Conservacion Patagonica is still super-fresh. Highlights of Valle Chacabuco:
The Independent Blog:Shoots of Recovery in Patagonia After a Century of Over-Grazing
If you were to consider man’s impact on the natural world, it would perhaps begin with industrialisation. Hot-footed in its path would follow a tangle of pollution, booming populations, intensive agriculture and over-consumption. During the past 700 miles of our 5000mileproject odyssey…. Please click here for the blog: http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/01/5000-mile-project-shoots-of-recovery-in-patagonia-after-a-century-of-over-grazing/
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Re-wilding of Valle Chacabuco
In just one morning, whilst heading out with Luigi to place a puma camera we recorded all these wonderful species in Valle Chacabuco, Chile. Until 2004, the 78,000 ha estancia was being grazed to destruction by thousands of cattle and sheep. Conservacion Patagonica, our charity, is now restoring the area and native wildlife and plants …
We can talk to birds, really!
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, …
So we thought we had it bad….!
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 …
David Lowrie: Accenture Alumni Interview
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 …
Depression and Woes Under the Moon
Two sore ankles, two sore knees, one sore hip, the other ones are just sore at night, one sore back, tingling Achilles and fingers, two sore heads. What kind of animal does that make us? Hmm. Arrived into Cochrane yesterday afternoon. Found a campsite. Tapped until the cockerels decided to chat (school presentation imminent). They …
Presentacion: La Escuela Hernan Medino Correa, Cochrane
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!
¡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 …