Adventure Blog
TO BE
INTROSPECTION CONTEMPLATION REALISATION A TIME TO BE A TIME TO SEE A TIME TO HEAL A TIME TO FEEL WEEKS PASS BY AS I GO DEEP INTO THY SELF I EMBRACE THIS JOURNEY ITS NOT SO LONELY I MEDITATE, I LEARN I REPLENISH, I GROW I NOURISH, I FLOURISH...
REFLECTIONS
What the hell just happened Suddenly I’m down Realization sets in I’m static on the ground. Agony in movement I inhale into the deep Serenity in stillness A limb lays distorted, motionless A soloist surrenders Warm sun is soothing, Tussock sways in the breeze,...
TOUR TE WAIPOUNAMU 2024 – A Race cut short
At kilometre 978.8 and at elevation 1291 meters, and after 4 full days of racing hard, on my third Tour Te Waipounamu, suddenly, out of seemingly nowhere I was sprawled across the middle of the gravel track, unable to move my right leg from the hip down. What the fuck...
RENEGADES MUSTER 2023
I was looking forward to this one, Renegades Muster had two previous editions that I had followed closely. It's an 850km route that starts and finishes in Whanganui, a town on the southwest of the north island. After catching up with some familiar faces we were off...
TOUR DIVIDE #3 2023
So I was returning for my third Tour Divide, and once again, I was super excited, I felt I was in the best shape ever going into an Ultra race. Months of consistent training went well and now I was back in Canada to propel myself and my bike through the USA to the...
LIFE IS A JOURNEY
I grew up on a small farm in the west of Ireland. It was a simple life balanced with time to play and also to work on the farm. I remember we would milk cows by hand, harvest crops and grow our potatoes and vegetables. From 8 or 9 years old I became obsessed with...
WIFEYS TOUR DIVIDE POEM
Epic Storms Downpour Rains Phlegmy cough Swollen legs Open sunshine basins Desert Plains Epic beauty reigns. Sticky mud Slowed right down A deep descent Fall to head, knee and hand A wee kip, three hours long Body sore Wifey alarm bell call Up again...
THE JOURNEY BEGINS
THE JOURNEY BEGINS OR SO IT SEEMS HERE AND NOW CREATING ANEW IN EVERY MOMENT MY WHEELS WILL TURN OVER VAST TERRAIN UP AND OVER BIG MOUNTAINS THROUGH EXPANSIVE DESERT PLAINS THE TRAILS WILL EVOKE TALES DREAMS INTO REALITY A ROLLERCOASTER OF ENDEAVOUR THIS RIDE IS...
GREAT SOUTHERN BREVET 2023
I was excited to be on the start line for this one, as it was one NZ Brevet I had not yet done. Also, the route would take me through some new terrain, including a couple of private farm sections. A fresh overcast morning greeted about 100 riders gathered on...
RHINO RUN 2022
71 Days from being on the start line of the Silk Road Mountain Race in Kyrgyzstan, I was lining up again for an Ultra, this time in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa for the inaugural Rhino Run. This was exciting, my first time on the African continent, a journey into the...
