Quick update of what we have been doing in the last year since our return from China.
We have been working hard on the Great Wall of China documentary, which is nearly finished!! But most predominantly we have been preparing for our next big adventure, One World powered by us. We plan to journey from one geographical pole to the other using exclusively human power, in the form of skiing, cycling and ocean rowing. We will cover a distance of 32,000km on a 3-year epic adventure.
Until a few weeks ago, we were planning to depart in February 2009, but unfortunately due to a difficult economic market we have had to delay departure until 2010. As well as the monumental task of organising the logistics and finance for a three year, never before attempted expedition, we have had a host of new skills to learn and develop, especially me. So in January I was out in the French Alps learning how to cross country ski, which I would like to add is brilliant, I now have no desire to Alpine ski ever again! Also, I had the unpleasant process of learning how to fall through the ice….with your skis on….and get out! In February we spent 2 weeks in the Arctic, on and around the Island of Svalbard. Tarka was teaching me the vital skills of learning how to live in a tent at -50°C for weeks on end, protect yourself from polar bears and avoid loosing parts of your body to frost bite. Last month we took to the sea and thought we would learn by trial and error how to ocean row, as neither of us had any previous experience, by rowing to the Isles of Scilly and back!
Read more about our training trips…
Although our training and preparations will continue with the One World expedition, we are currently putting our thinking caps on for another small adventure we can carry out this winter….so many ideas so little time! So any ideas or indeed projects that are already going ahead let us know.
Katie-Jane
