The Wall Run

Here's a new endurance race for 2012. The wall Run starts at carlisle Castle and ends at Gateshead Millenium Bridge. The 69 mile route follows the course of Hadrian's Wall, which marked the Northern-most boundry of the ancient Roman empire.

The race is held over two days 23rd & 24th June, although those wanting a more serious challenge can run the route in one continous outing.

for further details go to http://www.thewallrun.com/index.html

Rowing solo across the Pacific Ocean

Picture courtesy opf Sarah Outen

British adventurer, Sarah Outen, is prepairing to embark on the next stage of her epic round the world journey.

Sarah, who left Tower Bridge London on 1st April 2011 as already covered over 11,000 miles by sea kayak and bike to reach Japan and is now prepairing to row solo across the northern Pacific Ocean from Coshi, Japan to Canada.

The weather in Japan has not been favourable over the past few weeks so Sarah is busying herself with last minute preperations and adjustments as she waits for a suitable weather window to, begin her mamouth solo row across the Pacific Ocean.

Very interesting and inspirational

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One Hundred Year Anniversary of Captain Scott's South Pole Expedition

One hundred years ago, on 17 January 1912, Captain Robert Falcon Scott and four other intrepid explorers arrived at the South Pole. They had hoped to make history by being the first people ever to reach the South Pole. However, upon arriving they discovered that they had been beaten by a Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen.

The journey back to their base camp was to become a battle for survival which ended in the whole team tragically perishing in the Polar ice, only a few short miles from a resupply base.

Follow the link below to see some fantastic images of Scott's heroic but ultimately fatal quest.

http://news.uk.msn.com/in-pictures-scotts-expedition-to-the-antarctic/#i...

In March there will be various events up and down the country to mark the heroic but fatal Scott Polar Expedition.

Harry's Arctic Heroes

Back in April this year four wounded servicemen undertook an unsupported trek to the North Pole in a bid to help raise £2 million for Britain's injured service men and women. They were joined for part of their training and expedition by Prince Harry. Himself a serving Soldier.

Harry's Arctic Heroes is a two part documentary covering the Arctic expedition which was organised by the charity Walking with the Wounded, an organisation which raises money for injured servicemen and women. The two part series, which was filmed over a year, follows the soldiers as they train and prepare for their extraordinary challenge in both the UK and Norway and their trek across the frozen Arctic Ocean.

The first part of Harry's Arctic Heroes will be shown on BBC One on Tuesday 23rd August at 9pm. The second part will be broadcast the following week on August 30th.

Everst - 'The Wildest Dream'

The film documentary 'The Wildest Dream - The Conquest of Everest', which was originally shown on the big screen at selected cinemas, was broadcast on BBC2 on Wednesday 17th August. The programme can now be seen on BBC iPlayer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b013pr15/The_Wildest_Dream_Conquest...

The programme profiles American high altitude climber Conrad Anker, who discovered George Mallory's body in 1999, and the young british rock climber Leo Holding as they recreate Mallory's and Sandy Irvine's 1924 fatefull expedition, to discover if it is possible that they were indeed the first people to set foot on the summit of Mount Everest

British professional high altitude climber, Kevin Thaw, who was part of this expedition, can also be seen in the film.

A book of the same title, writen by Mark MacKenzie, is available in paperback and further explores the possibility that Mallory and Irvin could have reached the highest point on earth.

Crossing the Ice - In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Amundsen-Scott race

 

James Castrission and Justin Jones, two Australian adventurers, are planning to ski, unsupported, from the coast of the antartic continent to the South Pole and back.  They are currently in training for this epic challenge, which is to start later this year, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the famous Amundsen-Scott race to the South Pole.

The pair plan to begin their estimated three month expedition, Crossing The Ice, in October. They will make the 1367 miles (2200km) crossing on foot, while pulling 352 pound (160 kilogram) sleds, which will contain all of their food, clothing and equipment.

Castrission and Jones, who already hold the title for being the first people to row 2021 miles (3318km) from Australia to New Zealand, are undertaking the expedition to raise funds and awareness for the You Can foundation. The You-Can Foundation builds special cancer centers for children across Australia.

With 2011 being the 100th year celebration of the Amundsen-Scott race, for the South Pole, there are going to be several expeditions taking place as part of the celebrations.