1. You lived in Nepal for three months, why Nepal? Several reasons really. The main one I guess was because although I had good friends living in places like Australia & New Zealand, which were countries I’d visited a couple of times and knew well, I wanted to go somewhere different and try to testContinueContinue reading “Interview with Alan Curr- Adventurer and Wild Frontiers employee”
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Interview with Margaret Bowling – Expedition Manager and first Aussie women to row an ocean.
1.For all those who want to follow in your footsteps, how did you become an expedition manager….university degree/extra curricular activities/work experience…the lot? In 2008 I formed Team EPIC, a team of mad, bad and dangerous to know adventurers. An initial failure to find sponsorship for a Greenland Icecap race led to a last-minute scramble toContinueContinue reading “Interview with Margaret Bowling – Expedition Manager and first Aussie women to row an ocean.”
My Daddy the Cyclist
It is an impressive sight; the cyclist’s peloton, so organized, so smart, pedaling in sync along their preplanned route. The heads are down, the matching uniforms are on, their sleek racing bikes working together like a machine. All its riders are effectively anonymous, disguised in their superhero gear. Then one by one they turn offContinueContinue reading “My Daddy the Cyclist”
Rat Race – Urban Gym, Edinburgh
What a simple yet genius idea. Taking the gym to the streets. Taking the routine of running slumped over a treadmill, IPod taped to your ears, eyes listlessly stalking the mute TV on the wall and introducing you back to the world of outdoors. Edinburgh’s Urban Gym has regrouped and restyled and its going toContinueContinue reading “Rat Race – Urban Gym, Edinburgh”
Interview with Dave Cornthwaite
Dave Cornthwaite is a British adventurer, author and motivational speaker. 1.Does the job of an adventurer/author and motivational speaker go hand in hand? Was this your childhood dream job? It definitely wasn’t something I considered doing when I was younger, I just didn’t know it was possible. I don’t really seeContinueContinue reading “Interview with Dave Cornthwaite”
Raise your Guinness to the best surf spot in Europe
Photographer Gary McCall The clock tolls 6am. A phone rings in the mighty village of Bundoran in the North West of Ireland. The answering machine clicks into place and broadcasts the message to the sleeping household. “Get up quick, a massive swell is coming,” the voice of a local surfer, Ronan Oertzen floods the room. TheContinueContinue reading “Raise your Guinness to the best surf spot in Europe”
A trek up Croagh Patrick
If you are a native Irish and are unaware of the status of the mountains that sit on your doorstep, than shame on you, but at least now you know. They are immaculate and grueling and you can find one to scramble up in almost every county. But if you are a native Irish andContinueContinue reading “A trek up Croagh Patrick”
5 Ironman’s in 5 Days
The body is a temple. it can be cared for, it can be abused and in an athletes case it can be pushed to extremes and exhausted, so as on occasion the audience gets to witness crazy yet incredible things. On 8 June 2011, 26 year old former army member Ian Walsh, will attempt toContinueContinue reading “5 Ironman’s in 5 Days”
Falvey’s Everest Adventure’s
Pat Falvey is one seriously brave Cork man, his feats in the realms of exploring are both intimidating and awe-inspiring. The man has climbed Everest four times, summited twice and he is the only person in the world to have conquered the world’s seven summits twice. Then he traversed Greenland (first Irish team) in 2006,ContinueContinue reading “Falvey’s Everest Adventure’s”
Orla O'Muiri 