The long distance rowing adventure trail is something that is quite an exhilarating and exciting prospect. If you were to consider Shaun Quincey, he wanted to repeat the feat of his father, Colin Quincey who had made a journey solo across the Tasman Sea back in 1977.Colin is all of 25, and he wanted to be the second person in history to cross the Tasman sea by using only sheer manual power. This is not easy, considering the fact that there are a lot of challenges that are thrown in the face of the rower. But then it seems that strong storms had come in the way of the rower, forcing him to call off the adventure trail and call for help.
The problem is clearly due to Shaun’s ordeal against the elements. His boat had flipped over twice, and it is also said that he had lost most of his rowing equipment, his oars, water ballasts and the like. No rower can possibly get ahead under such arduous conditions. It is thus natural to have second thoughts about continuing the expedition. Under these conditions, you have to ensure that you live to see another day and continue your expedition later on.
When it comes to adventures, nothing can quite beat a Himalaya Trail, which is said to be quite inimitable. Well, the Himalayas stand for all that is majestic, tall and awe inspiring and to know that there will be a Himalaya Trail next year is something that beats all other adventure trips put together. Earlier, you used to have trails in the Himalayas in bits and pieces. Some parts were in Nepal, some in India, Tibet or Pakistan. Now you will have a single Himalaya Trail that will traverse the length and the breadth of all the earlier trails that will come together to form a single, huge trail.
The all new Himalaya Trail will run for more than 2,800 miles and it will run through as many as five countries, namely India, Bhutan, Tibet, Nepal and Pakistan. Even the best mountaineers may take as many as 150 days at least to cover this trail and do any justice to it. What’s more, if you want to take it in batches and in sets, you can still break up the whole trail into smaller segments of 15-18 days each, so that you get a flavor of the whole Himalayas and yet be quite able to enjoy what the trail has to offer quite easily.
Yesterday I had a chance to meet Bruce Poon Tip, owner and CEO of G.A.P Adventures, one of Canada’s most successful travel entrepreneurs. You may wonder, what is he like? Bruce is the owner of Canada’s largest adventure travel company, an attractive man of about 37 years of age, dressed in casual attire and not afraid to speak off the cuff. Certainly a charismatic Read the rest of this entry
There are times when modern man feels that he has been able to explore the world only in the past couple of centuries or so. While this may be true to some extent, it is not wholly true, as there are many evidences to prove that ancient travelers also liked to indulge in adventure travel. For instance, there has been a finding off the Grecian coast, in Crete, where researchers have found an ancient axe that implies that ancient man was used to marine expeditions for quite a long distance by sea. These archaeologists were hoping to get simple stone tools that could have been sailing the high seas around 11,000 years ago.
The finding of the axe is significant as it means that what was found in European shores was quite similar to axes that were found in Africa as well as in Central Europe. All of this is indicative of the fact that ancient man was living near the coast as well as sailing off into the Mediterranean tens of thousands of years prior to what was believed. Most of the scientists were quite amazed at this discovery, which has astounded them. You never know what you would discover next, which can turn conventional wisdom right on its head.
If you’ve been keeping up with my blog posts lately you’ll know I’ve come to adding a few news posts from around the web on this subject. I’ve got a couple more today that are new and updated, so let me know what you think of em…
Not all of us get the chance to have a real adventure, however these adventure travel holiday ideas can help you get closer to adventure. And these aren’t just for the young, as baby boomers mature and find they’re still fit and have spare funds there are more such ideas tailored towards them as well.
There are some events that are quite amazing, which are sure to catch the fancy and attention of millions around the globe. For one, take into account the World Run, which courses the globe and bring back memories to last a lifetime. This world run in 2005 began and ended in London, then went all through Europe, to Asia, where from Tokyo it went up to Sydney (by plane) to Perth and then to Canada and the SU before catching a flight back to London. When the run was over, it had traversed more than 16,000 miles, which is no small feat. But then the World Run is not over, as a bigger and better edition is set to make a comeback.
This time, the world run will traverse more than 25,000 miles. This time, the race goes from north to south and back again. The race starts in Norway and then moves to Cape Town in South Africa. Then it will go to Chile in South America, before going northwards to Mexico, the US and Canada. It seems that the desire to do something bigger and better is ever existent in the minds of some people, that drives them further and higher.
Ok so you might find the next few links interesting. These are from around the web, just random snippets that I’ve picked up in my reading, but I found some very cool information in them. You might too. Here goes…
Ok so you might find the next few links interesting. These are from around the web, just random snippets that I’ve picked up in my reading, but I found some very cool information in them. You might too. Here goes…
Getting to the North Pole all alone is no easy task. And if you are a woman, well it could be so very daunting. While lesser mortals can get deterred, it had not deterred Christina Franco. This London based Italian lady has determined not to give up on here plans to go to the Geographic North Pole this year. Her expedition will start off from Cape Discovery in Canada and she plans to travel for 480 miles in about just a week. It’s not like Christina is novice. In 2009, during the Arctic season, she had planned to get ahead, but then there was a failure in her stores that came in the way of effective expedition. But Christina is one tough cookie, who will not give up anytime soon.
She went to the last degree journey to the Pole, which was like a training exercise. She was also training in Norway, but it seems what she encountered in Norway was nothing like what she will face in her journey to the North Pole, all alone. There is likely to be a lot of ice rubble along the way and these are created when the huge slabs of ice in the Arctic keep dashing and crashing against each other violently.
The long distance rowing adventure trail is something that is quite an exhilarating and exciting prospect. If you were to consider Shaun Quincey, he wanted to repeat the feat of his father, Colin Quincey who had made a journey solo across the Tasman Sea back in 1977.Colin is all of 25, and he wanted to be the second person in history to cross the Tasman sea by using only sheer manual power. This is not easy, considering the fact that there are a lot of challenges that are thrown in the face of the rower. But then it seems that strong storms had come in the way of the rower, forcing him to call off the adventure trail and call for help.
