Tuesday, 30 June 2015

Chugging along to Centocow

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Leaving Allendale I knew it was going to be a hard job getting through the first section to Donnybrook. It was still hot and the second half...
Sunday, 28 June 2015

Welcome to the Cimmerian Caverns.

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We talk about the Pain Cave. What few people realise is that it comes as a companion set along with the Cimmerian Caverns. To save you googl...
Saturday, 27 June 2015

Game on. First Objective - get to Allendale

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Our ragtag army made its way down to the town hall. Glenn, the race director, said he wasn't going to lead us out of town as he was sure...
Friday, 26 June 2015

No it wasn't fun!

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After competing in and winning this years Race to Rhodes I have had to contend with people asking "Did you have fun?" I have caugh...
Monday, 15 June 2015

It's time to go play with my friends

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Today as I drive down to Pietermaritzburg to register for the Race To Rhodes starting tomorrow I have no illusions about the state of my phy...
Friday, 12 June 2015

Kindred Spirits

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This is an excerpt from an interaction with Rory after he completed his Race to Rhodes. He sent a text that simply stated "Glad you und...
Sunday, 7 June 2015

Bomb Proof Your Race

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Over the years very few people have dropped out of the Race to Rhodes. On the other hand there have been a good number of riders on the Race...
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Saturday, 30 May 2015

Why we ride the Freedom Trail

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A few years back the FC promoted the race with the following sentence, "Discover South Africa, discover yourself." The first half...
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Tuesday, 26 May 2015

How Hard - Part 2

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If we accept that the extreme nature  of the Freedom Challenge exists on a continuum then it's fair to assume there are levels of diff...
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Sunday, 24 May 2015

How hard is the Freedom Challenge?

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If we claim to do extreme riding then we need to examine how hard it really is. My experience of extreme is limited to a handful of stage ra...
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Wednesday, 20 May 2015

What Is Extreme?

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Rappelling from a helicopter in a combat zone while under fire is extreme. But it is a "don't try this at home" activity. I po...
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Monday, 18 May 2015

The Three Why's Men

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When asked why we do extreme stuff I find it comes is three flavours.  The first is usually followed by a statement. "Why? You do know ...
Sunday, 17 May 2015

Why?

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Why? When people hear about the extreme bike adventures we do the responses are varied from "That's so cool", or "You guy...
Sunday, 5 April 2015

Post Race Reflections

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My goal at the start was to finish in 55 hours or less. It was never going to be easy. However, there was a time during the early part of th...
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Storm Clouds Building

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Storm clouds were building around Stuttgart. As we pedalled down the road looking toward Schurfteberg where we were headed it looked clear. ...
Saturday, 4 April 2015

I learn a new Afrikaans saying

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There are certain moments in life that stand out in bold face. Once such moment occurred in April of 1973. I was in the First Form (Grade 8)...

A long uncomfortable night

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Although layered up with both a wind shell and raincoat on top of my cycling jersey I was sopping wet. I had leg warmers in my back pack but...
Friday, 3 April 2015

Doringbos Lodge.

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My exact words to Casper were, "This is not cool. I don't get lost!" I can imagine the deflating effect that had on him. All a...
Thursday, 2 April 2015

The science of getting lost

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Being discombobulated I stopped. I could well have been going the right way but I didn't have a sense of my direction. This seldom happe...