New adventure travel website launched

A new adventure travel website  Kumutu  has recently been launched which provides travellers with a fantastic resourse to checkout  hundreds of tour operators across the globe. The site provides a facility to allow people, looking for adventure holidays, to search for specific activities or destinations, read reviews and book their selected trips through the tour operators listed on the site.

 

Sophie Collett completes Atacama Desert Race

Sophie Collet completed the Atacama Desert Crossing in a total of 42:59:02.

The Desert race, which Sophie ran to raise money for Help for Heroes was held over six stages. Her individual stage times were: Stage 1: 04:56:40; Stage 2: 06:51:17; Stage 3: 07:19:24; Stage 4: 08:35:51; Stage 5: 14:00:00; Stage 6: 01:15:50.

Sophie has almost reached her fundraising target of £8,000. Anyone wishing to sponsor sophie and donate to H4H can do so at: www.justgiving.com/Sophie-Collett

Well done Sophie and for a great cause.

Sarah Outen reaches the French coast

Photo courtesy of Sarah Outen

After 65 hours and 110 nautical miles, paddling by sea kayak with adventure film maker Justine Curgenven, from Tower Bridge, London, Sarah Outen reached the Northern Coast off France after an 8.5hr crossing of the English Channel.

Leg 1 of Sarah's London 2 London, round the world adventure, is now complete and she will now set off on the next stage of her epic trip alone by bicycle.

You can follow Sarah's round the world journey at http://www.sarahouten.com/

Chris M

National Geographic - A week of adventure & expedition films

From Sunday 3rd until Saturday 9th April Expedition Week will be returning to the National Geographic Channel . There will be a fantastic line-up of shows, with two new premiere's showing each night, throughout the week.

The weeks viewing will kick off with Eating with Cannibals . Some of the other shows that will be featured are Hunt for the Abominable Snowman , Egypt's Lost Rival and Lost Land of the Tiger .

 

A complete listing of the weeks programmes can be found on the  Expedition Week website.

And She's Off

At 13.00 hrs today, Friday 1st April, Sarah Outen began her, London 2 London, round the world adventure.

Photo courtesy of Sarah Outen

She set off from Tower Bridge, in her kayak, escorted by two Royal Navy Patrol Boats whilst a large crowd of well wishers lined the banks of the Thames to see her off.

Click on the following links to see media coverage and photographs of Sarah setting out on her journey:         a BBC News article and photographs and the Channel 4 piece.

Sarah's friend and fellow adventurer Dave Cornthwaite took some video footage of the start of what will be an amazing journey and adventure.

London 2 London via the world

Adventurer Sarah Outen will set out from Tower Bridge, London on 1st April 2011 to circumnavigate the globe using human power only. She will travel around the world to raise money and awareness for four different charities by Boat, Sea Kayak and Bike, returning to where she set out, Tower Bridge, around 30 months after her departure.

Sarah, 25, is no stranger to adventure. Amongst other epic trips she was the first women and the youngest person, at 23 years old, to row single handed across the Pacific Ocean.

People can follow her progress throughout this amazing adventure at: http://www.sarahouten.com/

Chris M

Crossing the Atacama Desert for Help for Heroes

Sophie Collet, a 26 year old Physiotherapist and ultra marathon runner will be competing in the Atacama Desert Crossing in Chile, 5 to 11 March 2011, to raise money for Help for Heroes. The event consists of running six marathons in six days and she hopes to raise £8,000 in the process

Todate she has already completed the Marathon des Sables, the Brazil Jungle Marathon, the Gobi March, the Yukon Artic Ultra 300, the Oner, the Thames Meander and the Jurassic Coastal Challenge.

Sophie says, "The Atacama Crossing is part of the 4 Deserts series which was named by TIME magazine as #2 on its list of the top 10 endurance competitions in the world.  The entire race will be held at least 1.6 kilometres above sea level.  The race will be run over a distance of 250 kilometres over six days, completing an average of a marathon a day, with a double marathon in the middle.  Competitors will be required to pass through up to 30 checkpoints during the event.  I will be carrying all my food, clothing and equipment for the race, with only a tent and water provided.  More than thirty-five countries are expected to be represented in the race including competitors from Brazil, France, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom."

Anyone interested in sponsoring Sophie can do so by visiting her Just Giving page: http://www.justgiving.com/Sophie-Collett

Her progress can be followed throughout the event at: http://www.4deserts.com/atacamacrossing.

Good Luck Sophie.

Chris M