Gareth Brauteseth

The more people I speak to the more excited I get about what there is to do out there in the world.

Coolest thing I have seen this week-The Mongol Derby- over 1000km across Mongolia- ON A HORSE!!!

SA has it’s own entrants, in the sisters Alexandra and Saskia van Heerden as well as Gina Abbott. Follow them later this year here:

http://mongolderby.theadventurists.com/

The Dream Expedition

Mike Horn is in the middle of the most amazing expedition the world is currently faced with. It is a combination of global traverse, extreme challenge, all environments and one key issue. That of climate change and what is happening.
How is this for a line up:

It was only fitting that in October 2008, the Pangaea Expedition launched from Ushuaia, the capital of Argentina’s province of Tierra del Fuego (‘Land of Fire’). That’s because it’s the southernmost city in the world, the city closest to Antarctica and is often just referred to as Fin del Mundo, which means ‘End of the Earth’.
Since then, the Pangaea Expedition has had numerous and diverse destinations on its itinerary; Brazil, Cape Town, New Zealand, Sydney, The Great Barrier Reef, Yokohama in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. From there, Pangaea sets sail for India in January 2010 for the Indian leg of our exciting Young Explorers Programme.
Once in India, Mike will set foot through the Himalayas, to China and Shanghai. And in mid 2010, head back to Japan and then to the Pacific Garbage patch. Then it’s off to Kamchatka and onwards up the North East passage to the North Pole.

The fun part is this, if you are between 15 and 20 make sure you apply to get on to this program, they call them YEPs Young Explorer Pangaea. If I was 16 again and knew about this I would do everything I could to get onto the expedition.

So team, if you have some youngster mates, point them in this direction and get them to have a look at the page. (http://pangaea-yep.com/)

The Perfect Expedition Vehicle

So, the challenge is on and the tropical island awaits the onslaught of seasoned adventurers on their expedition vehicles par excel lance.

Tuk Tuk, Sri Lanka, Race, Tea, Colonialists and Tamil Rebels… This my friends is the making of one of the finest adventure franchises the world has seen and just before you think it is unattainable look a little closer.

The reigning champions are in fact South African and this year’s field has a full on green and gold line up that has the international contenders shivering in their fip flops. Yes, the Tuk Tuk champions lie in waiting to be crowned the kings of Colombo.

The Lanka Challenge (www.lankachallenge.com) kicks of this spring in Sri Lanka and I urge you all to watch it with eager eyes as many of these competitors are training in brick lane and down town Durban where the Tuk Tuk training is second to none.

Good Luck SA- Bring it home one more time.

Out

G