The Maloti Drakensberg Transfrontier Challenge Blog
Inspired Equipped and Committed
Aiming to beat the current record for running the six highest peaks south of Kilimanjaro or three comrades in a row. Nick now prefers the term 10 half marathons!
Yellowbrick Adventure Race tracking in South Africa
The Google Earth track is, uber cool, especially if you add the weather layer, you can see when they are likely to meet then! You will of course need to download Google Earth if you don't already have it.
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I'm out
Bummer. Last week I took a serious pitch from my MTB & like an idiot extended my left hand to stop the fall. The result is a type II acromioclavicular separation. In English, I have rather pain...
Started by Nic Shaw 13 Oct
Training missions 4 Replies
Cuan Watkins & I had a little mission this weekend that was useful training. We scouted a possible trail run to co-incide with the Giant's Castle MTB challenge in April next year. The run is ca...
Started by Nic Shaw. Last reply by Nic Shaw 22 Sep.
Date for the attempt? 2 Replies
So when is this get-together going to happen?
Started by Trev Hughes. Last reply by Trev Hughes 23 Aug.
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What happens if things go bad? – Important, please read and comment.
November is getting closer & the attrition rate is low for the Traverse attempt. I want to discuss some very important issues and make sure that all entrants and watchers are clear. I have it on good authority that someone recently went into a gear shop & told the staff there that they were going to make an attempt at the Traverse record, wanting to know what kind of gear to take along. I may have my wires crossed but this worries me. If someone doesn’t have a handle on what gear the Tra… Continue
Posted by Nic Shaw on 11th September 2008 at 9:50am — 4 Comments
Food! Glorious Food!
So what kind of stuff do you guys take for food on long-distance expedition-style events like this. I find that the following works quite well: - pronutro pre-mixed with milk powder in a ziploc sandwich bag. When you get to a river, fill the bag with water, seal it, shake it, bite off a corner and slurp it up. Grim, but it works :-) - Banana bread & Fruit Cake, each slice individually vacuum packed. Simply tear open pack and chow. This I would supplement with a mixture of sweet snacks (wi… Continue
Posted by Stijn Laenen on 24th June 2008 at 6:21pm — 2 Comments
Gear and goodies: what to take & what to ditch?
I thought it might be useful to start a new thread on gear. Stijn made a comment that based on his attempt he is going to take a bigger pack and more stuff. Based on my attempt I am going to try to go lighter; I didn't really enjoy trying to run up those ridges with 15kg pack. Let's share opinions. First, I am not going to take a tent. I don't intend to be sleeping long enough to justify it. I will, however upgrade my bivvy bag. I used a R400 bivvy from K-Way with a published waterhead of 3000m… Continue
Posted by Nic Shaw on 24th June 2008 at 11:20am — 3 Comments
Powering the attempt
Now having a mobile phone is all very well but keeping it working in low temperatures is another. There are several things on offer over here at the minute that will help.
Posted by Gary Mortimer on 23rd June 2008 at 7:00pm — 3 Comments
Getting MCSA involved
Hi all This is an email I sent to members of MCSA KZN Section: Hi all As you may know (the rescue team certainly does!), myself and a few friends challenged Gavin Raubenheimer’s record for the Grand Traverse in April. Our dramatic rescue by our esteemed colleagues (and the resultant front page newspaper reports) stimulated a fair bit of interest in the challenge. The result of this interest is that there will be a “race” on the 8th November 2008 from the car park at Sentinel to the police pos… Continue
Posted by Nic Shaw on 19th June 2008 at 3:29pm — 2 Comments
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