Challenge Yourself Don’t settle for what you know you can do. Stretch yourself to achieve something you’ve worked hard to get and glow in personal satisfaction. For some people that’s summiting a mountain, and for others it’s staring their fear of water in the face while out in a kayak. Find your comfort zone and push …
Racing Again
We registered for GeoQuest 2017! It feels like only yesterday I was training and preparing for last years race, but it’s now only 10 weeks until we do it all again. This year Team Rover Scouts welcomes two new faces along with the return of some original members….let me introduce the team: Alex Returning for …
NZ 2.0 Video
Check out this awesome video Jess put together of the second half of my trip in New Zealand. Fair warning, it’s long, but captures canyoning, white water rafting, zip lining, mountain biking, kayaking, and a 3 day hike of the Kepler Track. Weeeeelll worth the watch, it makes me laugh every time. Enjoy! *video has …
NZ 2.0
Finishing the ramble didn’t mark the end of my time in New Zealand. Infact NZ 2.0 was just starting with even more adventure packed in. Ross flew to Tasmania for falls festival and to go hiking in the Western Authors for 9 days, meanwhile Angus I hired a car and drove to Franz Joseph Glacier. …
Ramble Video
“If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves” – Thomas Edison 2 days riding, 3 days kayaking, 4 nights camping, all summed up in 3.15mins. A snapshot of one of the best trips I’ve ever gone on with the perfect balance of challenge and reward. Without working on …
Riding & Kayaking Queen Charlotte Sound, NZ
Day 1 – Mountain Bike 20km (1500m elevation) 22.12.16 “Man, I can’t wait to go home and tell all my friends I hiked the Queen Charlotte Track with my mountain bike” – Angus The morning started at the gear hire place where we caught a water taxi to Ship Cove. Hikers were dropped off and …
GeoVideo
Highlights of my greatest achievement have been captured on video! Even though its long its missing some legs and all night footage, but it has some stacks and shows just how much the team helped me through. I couldn’t be prouder of us and the effort we put in to cover 116km in 36hrs.
GeoQuest 2016
Saturday morning started very early at 4:30am. We packed the car while Matto made us bacon and egg rolls. These mostly just got held and nibbled at with us all too nervous to eat. Our support team Lani, Pete and Tyla drove us to the start and helped us get Kayaks ready and ran through …
Australia Day Canyon
What better way is there to celebrate Australia Day then to get out there and see some of our beautiful Country. My Australia Day was spent doing the top half of Macquarie Pass Canyon, scrambling up steep vegetation and abseiling down waterfalls. Myall invited me to come along to meet some fellow Adventure Racers, and …
Christmas Escape
After the challenges of 2015, I (for the first time ever) wasn’t at all excited about Christmas. The people I most wanted to spend it with weren’t going to be there so I opted for an escape instead. Just a quick 5 to 9 Adventure from Christmas eve to Christmas morning to keep the blues …