Prepping for the upcoming Adventure Racing World Champs in Brazil has involved a lot of admin. Not least figuring out how to get from one airport to another – in the same city! – in less than 6 hours. The… more
Brazil may invoke images of bikinis, beach volleyball, flip flops and football but when the race info pack states mandatory equipment to be carried is a machete with blade of at least 35cm, a distress signal flare, a pulley and… more
Hanno Smit reports: Reporting on an Expedition race, lasting a handful of days becomes parabolically more comprehensive to a point where technical details blur into emotional and psychological ebbs and flows. The journey, recalculated, translates to an experience of a… more
Footage of the Merrell Adventure Addicts competing in the 650km Australia XPD – 5-10 August 2015. Watch for the Sleepmonster. more
Computer screens the world over have gone deaf. Supporters following the last day of the epic World Series Adventure Racing event, XPD in Australia, have been shouting with excitement, elation, encouragement or despair at their respective teams represented by dots… more
Premier South African team Merrell Adventure Addicts is currently chasing down the Australian leaders, Peak Adventure in an epic 650 km non-stop, unsupported, multi-discipline race across the outback, rainforests, canyons, islands and oceans of Townsville, Queensland. Merrell had a tough… more
Dear Boss. Please excuse Armchair Adventurer from being productive this week. He is experiencing Obsessive Compulsive Dot Watch syndrome. He will be checking XPD Live Tracking every few minutes and shouting instructions at Dot Number 6 on the screen. Symptoms… more
With bags and pockets as full as a centipede’s sock drawer Captain Graham Bird jetted off yesterday to join his team already in Australia preparing for the next Adventure Racing World Series event in the tropics of Townsville. Hanno Smit,… more
If you can be heard by someone while singing an obscene song, you’ll be in trouble. (Australia, Summary Offences Act 1966) Dire are the consequences of wrong doing Down Under. When getting ready for any World Series expedition adventure race,… more
“Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.” Einstein. Of course what is impossible, is relative. To the Merrell Adventure Addicts team – preparing for the upcoming World Series XPD Adventure Race in Australia – completing all five… more
