Thanks Master Elithorn from Farnham for that question! Well, it´s good timing too, because we were running through Brazil the other day and what we saw blew our minds!!! A Giant Anteater! They live in all sorts of habitats but in many places they are not doing well at the moment. It is easiest to …
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I have waited a long time for this day – the day the sun passed directly overhead! Everyday, the sun passes in an arc from East to West (well, we spin really, but let´s take an earth-centric view of things!), no matter where we are in the world, excluding the very poles. If you live in …
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Manaus to Boa Vista Miles (kms): 479 (770) | Days running: 22 | Days of Rain: 16 Biggest Week, miles (kms): 165 (265) | …
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Cada ítem que ponemos en el carrito (que venimos empujando por más de 5000 millas en la nieve, lluvias torrenciales, barro pantanoso) es crucial. No puede ser de otra manera. Cada objeto superfluo implica más demandas para nuestras rodillas, nuestras articulaciones, nuestra espalda. Especialmente escalando los Andes, o ahora, en la cuenca del Amazonas, corriendo …
Un río de sudor corre por mi pecho. A la distancia, el rugir de los truenos desata la orquesta del Amazonas. Grillos, chicharras y saltamontes chillan con anticipación desesperada. Un par de tucanes pechiblancos aúllan desde sus perchas entre las ramas. Tres pihas gritonas se suman en un crescendo, escondidas en el entramado verde. La …
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A trickle of sweat runs down my chest. Distant rumbles of thunder trigger an Amazon orchestra. Crickets, cicadas and grasshoppers whine in desperate anticipation. A pair of white-throated toucans yelp in their lofty perches above the canopy. Three screaming piha birds join the crescendo from their skulking perches in the green latticework. The forest is …
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We had a fun time completing some challenging questions from Orla Muiri at ¨The Playground¨ – check out the interview by clicking the link below!! How do you keep your mind focused and your spirits high after so long on the road? What are you finding the toughest to cope with? How are you getting …
From the very South to the North of continental South America we have been in the company of parrots. Watching them preening, screaming over our heads, excavating nests or apparently checking us out on ´ fly-bys´ has just been amazing. They never cease to brighten us up and remind us how amazing this wild planet …
OK – Week ONE prize for pledging a ´DO´at the DoNation.com … a Berghaus Mesh cap, or 20GBP to spend as you like at Berghaus.com!!! Just for making a pledge which costs nothing, and really helps motivate us running more than 10.000km!!! Infact it may even save you money!! Click the link below to be in with …