Team Merrell Adventure Addicts start their assault on the wilds of southern Chile today, setting off on the 600km Patagonian Expedition Race at 13h00 SA time. At the briefing they were given 12 maps, ranging in scale from 1:50 000… more
“Time to go be hardcore South Africans.” Teams have just received their maps. “It’s simple and it’s long and it’s daunting.” more
The Merrell Adventure Addicts have packed their bags with the warmest of everything and headed off to the very south of Chile, landing on Friday in Punta Arenas for the start of the Patagonia Expedition Race 2016. The organisers of… more
The Merrell Adventure Addicts team talks about training for the upcoming icy Patagonia Expedition Race during a South African heatwave in February 2016. more
“The Patagonia race has always been that large shiny red apple in the fruit bowl that I was told not to eat. It is just too daunting to attempt. But it has always been the real challenge to me: to… more
If you want to go play in a place where people look at you blankly should you say ‘heatwave,’ Patagonia in the south of South America is a good choice. To be sure though, plan to go to the very… more
Not one team completed the full planned course of The World Championship Adventure Race 2015 in Brazil. New Zealand team Seagate dominated the field of the world’s best competitors and were undoubtedly and deservedly the winners, but even they would… more
South African team Merrell continues to rile the dot watching audience of the Adventure Racing World Championship. The course has definitely turned out to be the most brutal yet, the winners now expected in at least one and a half… more
On Saturday at 13h00 Merrell set off well as expected at the start of the Adventure Racing World Championships. In this race with the paddling discipline dominating, by necessity, the 700km course in the wetland of the Pantanal, the team… more
South African team Merrell Adventure Addicts are in the Pantanal, at the very heart of South America for the very soul of Adventure Racing as they are about to compete in the World Championships 2015. The best teams in the… more
