Switzerland's alps can make you walk around with a constant grin. Everywhere you look it's postcard images and sensory overload. Trains and cable cars all lead upwards. Flower boxes, with flowers magically and constantly in bloom, contrasting against … [Read more]
Climbing into the clouds: the Mount Cooroora Endurance Challenge
The following article first appeared on Ultra168 Overcast skies promised rain at some time during the day as a small group of us gathered to collect our race numbers. Nervous greetings, handshakes and looming above us in the background was today’s … [Read more]
Don’t stop by the fire
Below is Part 3 and the final part, of a multi-part series on my experiences in the Ultra Trail Australia 100km trail race, held in May 2016 at Katoomba, NSW, Australia. You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. Nellies Glen road guided us … [Read more]
When I passed the dead wombat
Below is Part 2, of a multi-part series on my experiences in the Ultra Trail Australia 100km trail race, held in May 2016 at Katoomba, NSW, Australia. You can read Part 1 here. The Tarros Ladders stood below and we all politely stood in line. The … [Read more]
I think I should go home
Below is part 1, of a multi-part series on my experiences in the Ultra Trail Australia 100km trail race, held in May 2016 at Katoomba, NSW, Australia. If it had been just a training run I would have turned around in the first hour, gone … [Read more]
Morning on Mt Cooroora
Mt Cooroora -- It truly is an amazing place to climb in the early hours. Not easy, but stunning with the scenery it presents. … [Read more]
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