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“Addictions can be very, very bad but addiction itself is not bad.
It’s a case of what you’re addicted to.
You better live each day like it’s your last, ‘cos one day you’re going to be right”.
Ray Charles.
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Ewa Wisnierska
We’ve put the story of female world champion Ewa and her remarkable journey in the Unclassifiable area, simply because it such an amazing thing to have survived.
She flew unconscious for up to an hour covered in ice after reaching an altitude of 9947 metres - near the cruising height of a 747. See it here
R, B and E in Tassie ...
Russ and Boz’s trip through Tas saw some surfing, some good WW descents and sums up what it’s like to be on the road in a van. All photos are by Erin Rayton and see it here ....
No shit, there I was ....
Yank transplant Steve Skelton describes his cavorting in the Darrans of NZ. Aid climbing, helicopter drop-offs, new species of lizards .... it's a DB trip of note. Here's a shot of the wall in question but read on here.
Greenland Crossing ..
Roger Chao and team mates, crossed Greenland unsupported from sea to sea, each hauling 100kg sleds some 550km. They began the initial climb from sea level up to around 2700m and then back down, facing winds of up to 200km/ph and temperatures down to -30c.
Their aim was to make this a totally carbon neutral expedition by calculating their total emissions and offsetting this by tree planting, showing that people can live a carbon neutral lifestyle.
They interviewed the indigenous Inuit who live on the icecap on both the east and west coasts, documenting on camera how global warming has and will impact on their lifestyles and culture. They are using this documentary to do a series of talk to primary schools, sustainability festivals, public lectures, and numerous other groups as part of an awareness campaign of global warming and its impacts on indigenous cultures around the world.
Most impact studies have been done on low elevation coastal areas where water will rise, but not so much has been done on communities living and depending on icecaps. Thus this is a great chance to interview people living in very remote and inaccessible areas, first hand on camera about the impacts of global warming on them.
For full details of the trip, go here
Journey on the Wild Coast: June 2007 - March 2008
From the Puget Sound to the Bering Sea; a four thousand miles along the edge of the Pacific, by foot, raft, and skis. An expedition designed to explore and communicate the broad environmental questions facing this region. In the Expedition area is where Erin and Bretwood describe their trip.
