Tag: alan silva
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Peak to Peak 2015 – The movie – climbing the Dragon Horns
Instead of a lengthy blog post, I created this short video of the awesome adventure we finished last week – Peak to Peak 2015 the movie – ENJOY!
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Sea, salt and sex pegs!!!
Happy Monday morning folks – here in Singapore we are looking forward to Chinese New Year and a shortened work week ahead. I celebrated the upcoming year of the goat (click here to read more about Chinese Zodiac signs) with a beautiful 24km paddle around an Island at the weekend – along with a friendly Singapore chap and…
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Three climbers missing on Mt Cook – may they have the strength to weather the storm
After the terribly sad news of the QZ8501 AirAsia disaster, I was alarmed to come across more bad news last evening regarding three climbers who are reportedly missing on Aoraki/Mt Cook (click here to read more). They were reported to be climbing the Linda Glacier route to the summit of the 3754m – Aoraki/Mt Cook,…
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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 – 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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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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The calm before the storm
Hello from windy Makara beach at the bottom of the North Island of New Zealand! We arrived here yesterday after 2 days and 215km of biking from Whanganui town. The biking was fairly easy as we had a tail wind most of the way! It rained like hell on the 1st day cycling, to a…
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Peak to Peak 2013 – Meet the team!
‘Peak to Peak 2013’ is not about doing an expedition with a huge budget and a lot of support. In-fact we have made a conscious effort to do away with support vehicles and vessels and instead focus on selecting a small team of super-experienced people to get the job done. It’s an interesting exercise in…
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EXMAG article on climbing Mt Dixon
Hi folks, Stephanie and I have just returned from a glorious trip driving the ‘Big Sur’ from San Francisco to Los Angeles. I will post some pictures shortly from the trip. What a beautiful part of the world. Some very exciting news from the trip is that I managed to purchase a nice new shiny…
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Malte Brun – The return
There is only 40 days left until I leave for Everest. On Tuesday I will leave Singapore for a training climb on a peak called Malte Brun. Malte Brun is a large mountain located in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, right opposite Mt Cook (New Zealand’s highest peak). Standing at 3198m, Malte Brun is…
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