When you’re enjoying your well deserved coffee, post Saturday morning run, bike ride or paddle, spare a thought for the two South African teams who have been doing all of that non-stop since early Thursday morning. Currently representing us at the World Championships of Adventure Racing, Teams Merrell Adventure Addicts and Sanlam Painted Wolf are […]
Hungry for the win Read More »
Adventure Racing is always touted as the toughest endurance sport, where teams pit themselves against everything that is uncomfortable and raw. So when booking pre-race accommodation for next month’s World Championship expedition race in Aussieland, it is amusing to read that Mollymook is a ‘beachside paradise’ in Shoalhaven, where one can “go for a swim
“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today, its already tomorrow in Australia.” Read More »
The Merrell Adventure Addicts team may not have won the 2016 Expedition Africa 500km adventure race, but is happy with their performance. “We love competing and challenging ourselves to push to the limits. We had a good race, both Grant Ross and myself still had the Patagonia expedition pressing on our bodies and weren’t super
Merrell teams at Home with Adventure in Expedition Africa Read More »
No arguing with airlines and customs officials this time, Graham ‘Tweet’ Bird of the Merrell Adventure Addicts gets to roll out of bed and straight on to the course of Expedition Africa 2016 in the Garden Route. You know you’ve chosen the right place to live when it is the epicentre of a 520km adventure
Join the Dots as the Merrell family takes on Expedition Africa Read More »
The Addicts have defrosted after their epic and successful journey in Patagonia and are now marinating in the exciting news of 2016. The Hobbit is back! Tatum Prins has rejoined the Merrell team, bringing back with her the twinkling passion for the sport that is so evident in those who do it because they really
Merrell’s Addicts Come Back for More Read More »
Extended Footage from the Merrell Adventure Addicts journey through the Patagonian Wilderness at the 2016 Patagonian Expedition Race.
Extended Footage from Patagonian Expedition Race 2016 Read More »
Merrell Adventure Addicts came hurtling in to claim third place at the Patagonian Expedition Race nine days after starting but “Not sure if you can call it a race, so much as something that altered your perception of adventure and survival.” Says team member Grant Ross. “When we got to the finish line, they just
Podium in Patagonia Read More »
Six days in and only seven teams remain officially ranked in the Patagonian Expedition Race. While they suffer through the remaining legs, the other brave souls who have been beaten by conditions so much bigger than any of us, must suffer the disappointment of no longer being allowed to headbutt the hardship out there. Merrell
Disorderly Dots create confusion for Merrell supporters Read More »
The four South Africans making up Merrell Adventure Addicts have been ploughing their way across the barren, inhospitable coastline and grasslands of southern Chile like a team of oxwagon, with heads down into the fierce headwinds. Two days into the 600km Patagonian Expedition Race and they have already covered half the course distance – 34km
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 to 1:200 000, with the organiser’s idea of ‘best option’ drawn on. It seems micro
It’s time to go be hardcore South Africans Read More »
