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Crossing the Ditch
TRANS TASMAN KAYAK EXPEDITION
Crossing the Ditch was the world's first Trans-Tasman kayak expedition from Australia to New Zealand. Through committing ourselves to achieving one of "Australia´s last great first" adventures, we wish to inspire others not to be afraid of pursuing their own adventures and dreams.
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What have the boys been up to? Where have they been? James and Justin have decided to make adventuring and corporate speaking their livelihood. As a result they have been to beautiful and harsh environments around the world and have met some amazing and inspirational people. Read what James and Justin have been up to recently...
31 May 2010 - The North Face 100
TNF 100 Wrap up!
Who ever said running 100km was going to be easy?
We both got off to a great start (probably a little fast) then unfortunately Justin went over on his ankle with 88km to go. Most normal people would've pulled out at this stage, but Jonesy being Jonesy pushed through the pain and hobbled to finish in a respectable 19hrs 40min. The damage had been done though. We got the results back from the MRI yesterday and.... they weren't good. Justin's broken his Fibula on top of a stress fracture and torn a whole lot of tendons and other ugly stuff. Although alot of people have commented that doing so, was extremely brave, Jonesy has been pretty disappointed that he made the "wrong" decision to push on.
What do you think? Was Justin brave or stupid? Send us an email and let us know!
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James held it together for most of the race and was stoked to finish top 50 in a time of 13hrs 52 minutes. Apart from having a good ol' spew 80km in, his body held together remarkably well.
A big thank you to all those who sent us messages of encouragement- it really helped heaps!
5 May 2010 - This year, new trips and TNF100
This year has been CRAZY busy!
Wow. Where to start? I can't believe we're into May already!
Sharing Crossing the Ditch with corporate audiences all round the place continues to be so much fun. We started the year off with 5 standing ovations from our audiences and each week look forward to sharing our journey with another great bunch of people. Last week we were down in Hobart talking to 450 delegates at the Australian Tourism Export Council where PM Rudd happened to show up the day before we spoke. We ended up spending the weekend down there climbing and trail running which was just fabulous!
This year, amongst constant bushwalking, canyoning and the odd climb, we've been working hard on making our next expedition happen. It's been over 2yrs since we arrived in NZ by kayak and although we've been constantly dreaming of future trips- to be honest, I don't think our minds and body have been ready- until now! Stay tuned for more details. Over the past 24mths we've done risk mgt work on 3 potential expeditions and due factors that arose during the crucial information gathering phase, we've had to evolve and develop our plans. For both of us this has been pretty frustrating, but when we commit ourselves to a BIG expedition we want to do it right.
TNF100 is only 2 weeks away and our bodies have held up surprisingly well with the miles we've been doing. We're now into our taper (less miles more rest) and are looking forward to a smashingly good event. I was asked last week what time I'm aiming for in the 100km event? To be honest, so long as I cross the line before Jonesy I don't care! Who ever said I was competitive? Ha Ha! (I'm going to way down your pack Cas...Enjoy it - Ed. Jonesy).
17 March 2010 - Tasman Trespasser and TNF100
Congrats Quincy!
A couple of days ago Sean Quincy successfully completed his row across the Tasman Sea which took 54 days! After a campaign marred by setbacks, Shaun can claim to be the first man to row solo from Aussie to NZ after his father, Colin, completed the same feat in the opposite direction some 35 years ago! The final hurdle, the landing, was the most dangerous of the whole trip as 3m+ swells slammed into 90 mile beach forcing Shaun to ditch his boat in the surf break and swim the rest of the way in whilst TT2 surfed and rolled its way to shore!
Congrats mate, we know what it feels like to be out there.
100km Ultra-marathon
Justin and I have been training hard for The North Face 100km ultra-marathon which is on mid-May. Gotta say, with all the talks we've been doing this year, we've got a fair bit of work to do to get ready for it- should be a great event! With over 4,500m of vertical gain, Ultra-marathon man Dean Karnazes described it as the toughest 100km race he's ever done!
We're proud to be running it under team Outer Edge (http://www.outer-edge.com.au/). They're a great bunch of guys and produce a bloody awesome outdoor mag!
We're thinking of taking bets to see who's going to win between Jonesy and I...watch this space!
