Re-wilding of Valle Chacabuco

In just one morning, whilst heading out with Luigi to place a puma camera we recorded all these wonderful species  in Valle Chacabuco, Chile. Until 2004, the 78,000 ha estancia was being grazed to destruction by thousands of cattle and sheep. Conservacion Patagonica, our charity, is now restoring the area and native wildlife and plants …

So we thought we had it bad….!

We have just arrived into Valle Chacabuco, the area of  Patagonia we are raising money for, through our charity Conservacion Patagonica. Our first glimpse of this astounding mountainous landscape tells us just how much help folk here trying to restore this place are going to need – this is phenomenal! We were collected by pick-up off our route 11km …

David Lowrie: Accenture Alumni Interview

Transcript from a recent interview with my former company about how a wayward management consultant came to be running 35km a day, living in a tent, trying to raise money, awareness and inspire environmental action for South Americas wild places . . . Over the coming year, we will look to profile Accenture UK alumni who have …

Depression and Woes Under the Moon

Two sore ankles, two sore knees, one sore hip, the other ones are just sore at night, one sore back, tingling Achilles and fingers, two sore heads. What kind of animal does that make us? Hmm. Arrived into Cochrane yesterday afternoon. Found a campsite. Tapped until the cockerels decided to chat (school presentation imminent). They …

¡Bienvenido al primer boletín informativo!

¡Bienvenido al primer boletín informativo de 5000mileproject! Hemos dejado nuestro querido bote de madera “lista light” descansando, y hemos cambiado el mar por la tierra firme, en una expedición que registrará un nuevo récord y nos verá corriendo implacablemente, educando a niños y grandes, recaudando fondos para nuestras beneficencias, ganando puntos para la vida silvestre …

5000 Mile Project: Un encuentro con el atrevido señor zorro

Han pasado un poco más de tres semanas desde que comenzamos nuestra odisea a lo largo de Sudamérica investigando las áreas naturales que se encuentran en peligro. Nuestros pies ya se están acostumbrando a la rutina diaria, aunque no responden todavía como verdaderos pies atléticos. Esta mañana emergimos de nuestra tienda de campaña montada al …