Running into the arms of calm tranquility..

Imagine,  running through some of the shadiest, crime-ridden towns you could ever envisage. Your heart´s beating, your eyes are straining, your feet won´t power quick enough, waiting for the moment…. But somehow you get through…to the other side and you find extraordinary people. In a country with a reputation of violence and crime you find the greatest warmth you could …

Running the Gauntlet through Venezuela´s own “Dusk-´till Dawn”..

Eyes follow us. Two gold-chained teenagers smirk. A black-maned woman beckons to us, her son screams over and over, “Here come the Britanicos”. We wince under his megaphone words and hide in a shred of dark shade under a sign, hanging, just, by one rusted nail. What have we done? Welcome to KM 88, the …

DoNation Campaign Week 1 Winner Announced & Offering Week 2 prize!

We launched our Do-Nation campaign recently and we have had a good start with pledges totally 907kg of CO2 being saved from entering the atmosphere – THANK YOU!!! WEEK 1 WINNER ANNOUNCED We have worked with one of our sponsors, Berghaus, to add even more incentive to taking part, and we are delighted to announce …

Q. What is the craziest animal you have ever seen?

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 …

Una solución simple para usar una vez al mes….

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 …

El Periodico `Independent´:Una visita al corazón de los pulmones del mundo

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 …

The Independent Blog: A visit to the heart of the lungs of the world

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 …