We have all been taught the merits of planting trees. One by one, “The Man Who Planted Trees” popped fat acorns into the bare hill sides of Provence in Jean Giono’s spirtual tale. Gradually the shepherd created a forest in a beautiful allegory of hope. Chile, the country in which we are doing our5000mileproject.org run is …
Question Part 2. From four year old Benjamin, Dulverton, UK What sort of animals live in the rainforest? ANSWER: We can’t wait to be running through the Amazon tropical rainforest of Brazil and Bolivia. Tropical rainforests have the most different plants and animals of anywhere in the world. This is partly because all animals depend …
Question. from four year old Benjamin, Dulverton, UK What sort of animals live in the rainforest? Answer A: Well we’re in temperate rainforest in Chile at the moment. It is like tropical rainforest, but a lot colder! So I’m tapping from the tent under some massive old southern beech trees wrapped in feather jackets! The …
We’re head over heels.. we’ve run our 1000th mile! Feeling very sore and achy, but managing to keep running. The trailer has been re-born and appears better for it. It’s still very heavy up and down the hills, but the wheels keep turning. We’re still running the spectacular Carretera Austral in southern Chile. Lots of hills, …
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There is nothing like hard numbers to help identify a problem. When we started this expedition we simply underestimated the load we would be carrying, and therefore the strength required of the trailer and us! In this series of blogs we will look at what’s in the trailer to understand where the weight comes from. …
KEY WORDS: alerce trees, temperate rainforest, shingle houses, adobe houses, Andes mountains, conifer trees We’re running through Patagonia, Southern Chile at the moment. The road is made of hard-packed gravel, cobbles and stones. This is especially hard work for running, as we have to pull the trailer with greater force over the surface, as there …
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[start] Well, thought we should provide the latest running figures from the roadside, just north of Coyhaique. Beset by problems well documented in the blog (border crossing, trailer failure and minor injuries) September was a slow month logging only 327, a century of miles less than planned. The breakdown follows: .. Week 6 – 103 …
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Quick catch up from Coyhaique- one of those unusual places in southern Chilean Patagonia, “A town”! We arrived on Wednesday evening; later than planned after a few hitches: First Tuesday dawned with sightings of the endangered Patagonian huemul deer grazing metres away from David’s nosed. There are only an estimated 2000 individuals left in the …