Breathing is something that you take for granted until it becomes difficult. Functions like breathing, walking and sleeping we do autonomously and it is only when you are struggling to do the first two and yearning for the later that you start to value the simpler perceived functions of our body. How different would your… Read More
Day #12- acclimatization to 5,000m
Distance and gain- 1200m gain over 4km Thought of the day- patience Song of the day- Rudimental, feel the love Thankyou- – movember and the NZ mental health foundation – mum and dad – Abdul-Khalim Elmezov, the climbing legend – God Notes- It has felt like forever since I last woke up on a mountain,… Read More
Day #6- Mt Elbrus sea to summit is back on track and in spectacular fashion PART 1 OF 2
Location: Narkra river to the border Distance: 28km, 2,500m climb Time: 9 hours Thought of the day: The higher the mountain the closer to god Thank you: – Georgian military – Zarinacoff and Richicoff – The Rosehill crew and partners – Cruz adventure roof racks- rack city – God There is far too much to… Read More
Day #5- Issues at the border!
Today is the day I go for it! All rested up and feeling good with my route it is game on for hitting the border. In order for me to get to the border and back before it gets dark I had to start running/walking at 4am as it would be a 32km round trip… Read More
Only 12 days to go and it’s finally starting to come together!
With only 12 days to go I thought I better give you a look into my training and life for the next couple of weeks. I am still teaching fulltime so the only way I can get in the km’s is running to and from work (14km each way) most days of the week and… Read More
Mt Taranaki winter sea to summit 2014
With only 4 weeks until Mt Elbrus I am in full training mode, which means I am starting to eat sleep and breathe this upcoming challenge. I believe there is no better way to train for the upcoming a sea to summit, than to complete a sea to summit here in our back yard. Mt… Read More
Please keep voting!
Hey everybody, Just a quick update. Currently sea2summit7 has 29% of the votes of the Yealands raise a glass campaign, which is fantastic. The campaign finishes at the end of April so please keep the support going and vote each day you get a chance. At this rate I would recieve $7,250 prize money which… Read More