Author: Grant ‘Axe’ Rawlinson
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‘From Peak to Peak’ is ready to order!
Hello friends, After months of sweat and toil, I am very excited to inform you that my book ‘From Peak to Peak’ will be ready to order on Tuesday 14th October. I will be posting the link to the online ordering service through my website here on that date. I am running a pre-orders campaign…
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Speaking tonight and release of new book!
Hello friends, I will be presenting this evening at the Australian International School in Singapore. This is a public event and admission is free – you can register from the attached link here: http://www.nzchamber.org.sg/events/mountains-passion-brought-australian-international-school/ A brief overview of my talk: A 60 minute presentation that brings you along Grant’s personal journey of transition from a…
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Peak to Peak 2014 – the movie is here!
Enjoy the movie of Peak to Peak 2014 – travel from the summit of Ben Nevis, over 2000km by human power all the way to the summit of France – Mt Blanc at 4800m, all from the comfort of your computer!
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Peak to Peak 2014 – Ben Nevis to Mt Blanc – Trip report with images
Ben Nevis to Mt Blanc – by human power From the summit of the highest point in the UK, to the summit of the highest point in France. That was the plan that Alan Silva and I had and we attempted this mission in a similar style as the previous years highly successful Peak to…
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Peak to Peak 2014 – Ben Nevis to Mount Blanc by human power is complete!
Together with Alan Silva we took the final steps to the summit of Mt Blanc at 1130hrs, Monday 9 September, 2014 to finish Peak to Peak in 21 days, 19 hours after departing from the summit of Ben Nevis in Scotland. We travelled over 1900km, completely under our own human power (apart from that frustrating…
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Day 18 – Four days to Chamonix!
Hello from France, We are now in day 18 of Peak to Peak 2014 and have travelled over 1500km all the way from the summit of Ben Nevis completely(apart from that small part of the french shipping channel) under our own steam. After 17 days non-stop with no rest days, I am…
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The ANZACS have landed!
Alan and I touched the sandy beach at Boulogne Harbour this evening at 5:30pm, almost exactly six hours after leaving Dungeness beach in England at 11:30 am. We paddled for 3.5 hours to the centre of the channel and through the english shipping lanes, then much to our dissapointment had to exit the kayaks and…
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The ANZACS have landed!
Alan and I touched the sandy beach at Boulogne Harbour this evening at 5:30pm, almost exactly six hours after leaving Dungeness beach in England at 11:30 am. We paddled for 3.5 hours to the centre of the channel and through the english shipping lanes, then much to our dissapointment had to exit the kayaks and…
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Its Channel time
Greetings from very wet and cold south coast of England. Alan and I arrived yesterday in Rye Harbour and are in position to attempt our kayak across the English channel tomorrow at 11:30AM. But first a quick wrap up of the last 5 days since the last blog. Day 6 saw us travel from Carlisle…
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Hello England!
We have arrived in England! Day Five of Peak to Peak 2014 is over and we have now travelled over 330 km from the summit of Ben Nevis, south towards Mt Blanc, completely under our own steam. Continuing from the last blog, day two saw us overnight in the small village of Tyndrum. We are…
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Peak to Peak is off and drowning!
Well we have successfully began Peak to Peak 2014. Yesterday morning we drove 4.5 hours over from Aberdeen to Fort William and owing to a diabolical weather forecast, realised that that very afternoon was the best opportunity of the next few days to climb Ben Nevis. So we set-off at 1230pm over and up the…
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Peak to Peak 2014 – Summit of the UK to the summit of France by our own human power!
I enjoyed Peak to Peak 2013 so much (the first ever human-powered traverse from the summit of Mt Ruapehu to the summit of Mt Cook in New Zealand) that it inspired me to do two things: 1) Write a book about the trip – this is currently undergoing the last round of editing and will…
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Climbing Arapiles – A vertical slice of Australian heaven
During early May 2014, I spent some glorious days rock climbing together with Alan Silva at Mt Arapiles in Western Victoria. Mt Arapiles may be unfamiliar to non-climbing folk. However to rock climbers it is world-famous with over 3000 routes established on this amazing rock formation. I will let the photographs speak for themselves to…
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Peak to Peak 2014 – adventure beckons!
Morning folks! Based on our success with Peak to Peak 2013 in New Zealand, where we became the first people to ever make a continuous human powered journey from the summit of Mt Ruapehu to the summit of Aoraki Mt Cook, we have decided to push the ‘Peak to Peak’ concept one step further. Our…
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Climb Kilimanjaro in 3d
Ever wanted to climb the highest mountain in Africa? Kilimanjaro based in Tanzania is 5895m above sea-level. It is a non-technical climb meaning it is accessible to any man or woman who has the strength of will and motivation to put one foot in front of the other for a life changing challenge. Climbing Kilimanjaro…
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Climb Aconcagua in 3D
Unfortunately life cannot be one huge expedition. But when times get tough sitting back at home in normal life, I often ‘escape’ into the outdoors, using my computer and Google Earth. I still find it amazing that we can sit at home and explore our entire planet with the click of a mouse. Here is…
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An open water sea kayaking expedition to Pulau Pisang
To celebrate Chinese New Year (year of the horse), we saddled up our sea kayaks and took to the sea for an exploratory mission to Pulau Pisang Island (literally translating to ‘Banana Island’ in Malay). Pulau Pisang is located 14km off the coast of Malaysia in the Malacca Straits. The island officially belongs to Malaysia.…
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Favorite images from Peak to Peak 2013
Well as with all things in life – they come and they go. At the end of the day all we have left are the memories. Photo’s can be very nice to help preserve the nice times and I would like to share here our favourite images from Peak to Peak 2013. Thanks to Alan…
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Peak to Peak 2013 – the movie
I hope you enjoy this short movie of ‘Peak to Peak 2013’ as much as we did putting it together….
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Peak to Peak is complete!
What an incredible feeling of relief and satisfaction it is to sit here in the safety of Mt Cook village and write this update over the final 5 days of Peak to Peak 2013. We departed the small town of Twizel on day 18, loaded with food for 7 days in a big bag on the…
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