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Four years ago next month I boarded a flight from the UK to Australia to start my very own Best Job in the World adventure. Today I’m in Sydney for the next round of this internationally acclaimed competition, the Best Job(s) in the World – and this time there’s not one, but six incredible jobs up for grabs, [...]
There are some things in life you simply can’t refuse. When Havana Club rum approached me a few months ago and asked if I’d like to be a judge for a Facebook competition of theirs in Havana, Cuba, it didn’t take me long to decide. Of course I said yes! I’ve always been curious about [...]
After the extravagant amount of energy that Mt Zeil caused us to expel we needed something a little simpler for the penultimate peak of our Aussie 8 adventure and Western Australia thankfully delivered. (written just after descending the final peak) Leaving the mining town of Newman behind, we hit the road towards Mt Meharry along [...]
Can you be over-prepared!? To pull off an expedition as time-dependant and challenging as the Aussie 8 takes weeks of logistical planning, but even the best made plans can go awry. Arriving back in Alice Springs from our mammoth drive south to Mount Woodroffe, the next mountain, in the Northern Territory, meant another early start [...]
After the chills of Tasmania, where we shivered our way to the frigid summit of Mt Ossa, the intense heat of the Australian Outback hit us like a fireball. How different could two mountains be? Up until now getting to the summits had been the challenge; the distances, the climbs and our fitness put to [...]
Quick update from the Aussie 8 team as we fly enroute to Alice Springs ready for peak number five. Over the last three days we’ve climbed four of the mountains that make up the challenge; Bimberi Peak, Mt Kosciuszko, Bogong and Ossa, and they’ve been simply stunning. Hitting the numerical half way point of the [...]
It’s finally here; the Aussie 8 is about to happen. I’m typing this sat at the base of Bimberi Peak (the highest in ACT) in the warmth of the support vehicle whilst the temperature outside plummets. By the time you read this though I’ll have found reception and we’ll be back down again and enroute [...]
With less than a week to go until our Aussie 8 expedition starts we’re into the final straight to get everything ready in time. With all three team members having their own hectic lives to deal with finding time to train, pack and prepare has been left to the very last moment…it’s just like cramming before a [...]
I made a little promise to myself after completing my Afritrex expedition back in 2008, to have a new adventure every 18 months. Afritrex was my first experience of racing up mountains, five of Africa’s highest in a little under a year. There’s something deeply rewarding about making it to the summit, turning through 360° [...]
South East Asia had always been high on my list of places to visit in the world but I’d never got there, until now. Soph and I spent three weeks exploring one of the less-visited countries in this part of the world – certainly less than Bali, Thailand and Vietnam but still easy enough for the adventurous [...]
