Category: Trip Reports
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Peak Season
April. The time of great sun in Cuba and also Easter bunnies. It’s also my ‘peak’ season for this current training block and time to see what effect the training I’ve been doing has had. Starting with some stats first, I’ve monitored the last 15 weeks of running and averaged 110km in this period. From…
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Port Lincoln to Adelaide…the direct way
In April 2014 word was on the street that a crew of paddlers was being put together for a Bass Strait crossing, the ‘Everest of Australian Sea Kayaking’. I was obviously keen to throw my hat in the ring but didn’t really know what I needed to do to prepare for it. The three youngest…
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My Hardest Climb
If you’re instructing climbing or talking to people who are new to climbing the one question that crops up most of the time is, ‘What’s the hardest climb you’ve done?’ It’s similar to asking a marathoner what their marathon time is, or a full-forward in Aussie rules footy what’s the biggest bag they’ve kicked. As…
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Memories of Bass Strait
When I started building this website one of the enjoyable tasks was sifting through old photos and being reminded of past trips. My most memorable sea kayaking trip was with 5 other mates paddling from Victoria to Tasmania across Bass Strait. I first heard about this being possible at school (from the teachers I would…
Fraser Darcy 