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Well, I’ve got 5 minutes for another quick post-event note before I return to my self-induced 36-hour coma! So … the question is “what hurts?” … Maybe, it should be “what doesn’t hurt?” If you asked me the question when I got home this morning at 10:00am, I’d tell you the only thing that didn’t [...] Well, we did it! This utter madness is over! None of us can write much right now as we need to pass out for the next 24-36 hours, but many more details and articles will be coming over the next couple of days.
L to R: Paul Woodgate, Paul Marshall, Reza Khalili, [...] D-Day Is Here … No Way Out … Madness – Madness – Madness … 1 day to go, bro call of the wild crescendos hydrate, pack and pray. So, the last few days before the event itself, and time to finish off this list with a few of my final pearls. In case you missed them, you can find Rules 1 to 5 and 6 to 8 on previous blogs. Rule 9: Be prepared for bad conditions: We discovered on Kumotori-san, that hiking [...] The final training before the 100km event itself, I intended to make it count with a 4-day hiking and camping trip around fuji 5-lakes. No other snailwalkers present, but I did have Mrs Wooders for company from day 2. The trip hiking distance total finished at just over 50km in 4 days – a [...] Customer: I’d like a tent, please. Sales assistant: To Camp? Customer (gruffly): I’d like a tent, please Sales assistant: Yes, I heard you the first time. Camper? Customer (falsetto): oooh, I’d like a tent please. ======================================================================================== This 100km challenge is turning into 10% fitness, 10% charity, 80% gear, gear, gear! True boys with toys, we’re [...] Since Everest has been in the news due to the Olympic torch ascent, and Paul’s brief note, I thought I’d share a couple of photos and a brief video of a friend of mine, Jeremy Benton, who summited Everest at 6:22am, on June 4, 2005. His first attempt in 2004 had to be aborted as [...] Some other feats of mountain-climbing in the news this week as the olympic torch reaches the summit of Everest. Watch the video here – it is very reminiscent of our training hike #5 to Kumotori-san As of May 3rd, Oxfam Japan has received over 20 million yen from the 2008 Trailwalkers team sponsors, more than double the figure from 10 days prior. Thats almost 200,000 US dollars or 100,000 UK pounds. Thankyou once more to all contributors for making a difference. |
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