Sarah Outen is on Day 71 of her North Pacific Ocean row with just over 3000 miles to go until she reaches Canada. The row is a part of a much bigger adventure christened ‘London to London via the world’ which began in 2011 and will see Sarah cycle, row and kayak a 20,000 mile loop of the planet. Find out more at sarahouten.com
Some bad news from the field; ‘The Coldest Journey’ team who are attempting to cross the Antarctica in the dead of winter have been at a standstill for weeks due to severe weather. As they struggle to plot a safe route through the mass of lethal crevasses, progress is slow and a decision needs to be made whether to abandon the expedition or attempt to crawl forward. Also, the legendary Patagonian Expedition race will not go ahead in 2014. On the bright side, you now have until 2015 to get in shape and compete. For some inspiration, read our previous features on the race here and here.
In other news, James Warner Smith and Nathan Wilkins have recently began paddling a canoe 3000 miles across Europe. They call the unsupported journey ‘Canoeing the Continent‘. The pair left from France on the second of July and in four months they will hopefully arrive in Turkey. The Last First Expedition will kick off this week. A journey in which four adventurers will attempt to row across the 3000km Northwest Passage in the Arctic Ocean in a single season. And Ultrarunner Alex Flynn has completed 9,386,215 metres of his challenge to race 10 million metres around the planet to raise money for Parkinson’s disease. Lastly, look out for and update from Daniel Fox next week with news of another exciting adventure.
More updates from the field next week.
Written by Orla O’Muiri @SidetrackedNews. Photography by Ulrik Hasemann