Month: June 2013
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Sea kayaking Selatar Island – the divorce machine sails solo
The skipper of the Divorce Machine was unavailable for selection this morning, so I made the first solo excursion. I am currently in training to paddle across a potentially dangerous stretch of water as part of my next expedition coming up in December. So as well as microadventuring, my weekend paddles also serve as training…
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The worst haze ever in Singapore
While New Zealand receives a hammering from the worst ever storms in 45 years, here in Singapore we receive a hammering from the worst ever storm of a different kind. A storm of smoke caused by humankind has enveloped the tiny Island in a thick pall known as the ‘Haze’. Haze is caused apparently by…
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A failed microadventure – Kayaking SAFYC to Sentosa
A great thing about microadventure is that we get to experience so many new parts of Singapore we have never visited before. So last Sunday morning Stephanie and I opted to try to paddle from SAFYC (the Singapore Armed Forces Yacht Club) all the way down the east coast to Sentosa Island. This would be…
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Climb Denali – the highest mountain in North America in 2.5 minutes!
Good morning folks! As the season on Everest drew to a close at the end of the May, attention shifts to other great mountains on our beautiful earth. Climbing season on the highest mountain in North America – Mt McKinley (also known as ‘Denali’ by its local name) is currently in full flow. The standard…
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She did it! Margaret Watroba – a post climb interview with the 1st Australian lady to summit Everest from the North and South
In March 2013 I did an interview with Polish/Australian high altitude mountaineer, cyclist, engineer, wife, mother and grandmother Margaret Watroba, just before she left on her 4th Everest expedition. (Read that interview here). This is a follow-up interview with Margaret after her successful return from Everest in April and May 2013. Margaret became the 1st…
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Kayaking Kukup – a world first circumnavigation of Pulau Kukup for $30
After 5 previous microadventures around the coast of Singapore, it was time to venture further afield. Together with my wife Stephanie we loaded our sleek gray inflatable kayak (affectionately known as the ‘Divorce Machine’) into the boot of our sleek gray Toyota VIOS (we have a thing for gray) and set off for a microadventure…
Grant 'Axe' Rawlinson 