This is Your Freedom
Helping to make your Charity Challenge more effective and enjoyable.Savage: Roz’s journey so far
Ever been in a rut? Roz Savage’s inspirational story of the day she wrote two obituraries for herself – one for the life she was leading and the other for a life she longed to fulfil – led to a series of trans-oceans rowing expeditions that have embedded her firmly in the upper echelons of modern day adventurers.
Roz marries her breathtaking voyages with technology, so even from the middle of the Atlantic and Pacific she has been able to share her stories and thoughts with anyone tuned into her website, http://rozsavage.com/
Buy Roz's Book, 'Rowing the Atlantic'
Felicity Aston: Modern Day Adventurer
Felicity Aston is an accomplished explorer, writer and photographer, mixing the contemporary skills needed to sustain a career in adventure and exploration.
At 31, Felicity already has an enviable expedition portfolio. She’s raced in the Canadian Arctic, led a team of women across the inland ice of Greenland, searched for meteorite craters in Quebec, skied along a frozen river in Siberia, traversed the winter ice of Lake Baikal, completed the infamous Marathon Des Sables across the Moroccan Sahara and spent three years living and working in the Antarctic. She is now leading an all-women expedition to the South Pole.
Find out more about Felicity at http://www.felicityaston.co.uk
Hannah McKeand, Polar Explorer
Now and then we hear about an incredible person who deserves a little more exposure than they get. Hannah McKeand isn’t foreign to the concept of true exposure, though, she’s a world record breaker after skiing from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole in 2006, a 39 day, 9 hour and 33 minute journey over 690 miles. She hopes to become the first ever woman to ski solo to the North Pole.
Endurance: Unsurpassed
Englishman Dan Martin is preparing for a journey set to smash the record books and leave your lower jaw hanging from its hinges. On May 8th Dan will leave the Statue of Liberty in New York to begin a four month swim across the Atlantic Ocean.
Not one to think that’s enough of a challenge, Dan will then climb onto dry land in Brest and cycle through Europe, the Middle East and Asia before trekking across the Bering Strait and finishing off his global triathalon with a run across N. America back to New York.
We have quite a story waiting to unfold. See http://www.danmartinextreme.com for details
Murray Kayak Expedition Ends
Dave Cornthwaite’s first Great Big Paddle journey, a 2476km expedition from source to sea along Australia’s greatest river, the Murray, has come to an end as he paddled to the Murray Mouth in South Australia. See http://www.thegreatbigpaddle.com for a full rundown of the adventure in images, videos and blogs.
Dave was treated to an amazing welcome by a seal just 150 metres from the end of his two and a half month kayak journey. Great video of the final leg on YouTube @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgS_6ynwcXw
Murray River Expedition 2009
Dave Cornthwaite’s second major Australian expedition is nearing its end. The Englishman is travelling the length of Australia’s greatest river, the Murray, and has so far walked and paddled over 2350km from the Murray’s source in the Alps, along the way investigating why the river is in decline.
Currently in Mannum, Cornthwaite, who three years ago pushed a skateboard across Australia, has 150km left to paddle to the Murray Mouth, near Goolwa in South Australia.
Visit http://www.thegreatbigpaddle.com for full coverage of the journey, blogs, images and video diaries.
Eddie is Running
Comedian and genuine man Eddie Izzard is managing to mainting his comic patter despite enduring a feat that suggests he’s slightly more than just a humerously tubby funny person. To run a marathon is doable, to run 1100 miles in 7 weeks, a total of something like 40 marathons, might appear to be lunacy.
Eddie is accompanied by an ice-cream van and an endless supply of Greensleeves eminating from the loud speakers. His feet are blistered, and he is currently clutching a Welsh flag, having held an English one during the first leg of his journey from London to Cardiff. Next up is Belfast. Then Edinburgh. And then he’ll jog back to London. ‘The told me to train for six months,’ said Eddie, ‘ but I don’t like training so I trained for five weeks.’
Visit http://eddieizrunning.com/ for video diaries, Twitter feed and Eddie’s latest news from the road.
A2B4C: 12500km Around Australia
In May 2009 Craig Goozee set off from Sydney Harbour to begin a 12500km running, cycling and paddling marathon around Australia’s perimeter. Craig’s daughter Jessica died in 1999 at the age of 9, and Craig is already well on his way to a fundraising target of $1 million for the Children’s Cancer Institute of Australia.
Visit http://www.a2b4c.com.au/ to support and follow Craig’s incredible journey
Big Skate Home
Keith O’Leary is currently nearing the end of a skate journey he has nicknamed Hamburg to Home. Skating for the Berkshire based Children’s charity Daisy’s Dream, Keith has so far raised over £300 and has travelled around 100km per day on his way home, carrying everything in a rucksack.
Please visit http://www.justgiving.com/bigskatehome/
Round Australia Paddle
Freya Hoffmeister is currently circumnavigating Australia, in a kayak. A feat of endurance only achieved once before, Freya is over halfway through her 350 day journey and already has some incredible memories and stories to share.
Drop her a line of support and find out more at http://qajaqunderground.com/
