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Way back in August, I told you about the Walking Home From Mongolia expedition , which would put adventurers Rob Lilwall and Leon McCarron on a 5000km (3106 mile) journey from Mongolia to Hong Kong, in the dead of winter no less. The plan was to travel both on foot and by kayak, and the entire trip was expected to take roughly six months. The boys hit the trail exactly one month ago today, and have been making excellent progress since. Their journey began in the village of Sainshand back on November 14th,
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We've got a couple of more interesting interviews courtesy of our friends at CheapTents.com and Adventeer.com , both of which have been cranking out some great content recently. First up, CheapTents has posted an interview with Louis-Philippe Loncke , who recently completed his kayaking tour of Belgium. In the interview, he discusses that expedition of course, but also touches on some of his other adventures, sharing thoughts on what inspires him, what he has planned for the future, his favorite gear ...
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It's a big weekend for endurance sports it seems, as not only do we have the start of the Furnace Creek 508 tomorrow and the AR World Championships on Sunday, but Racing The Planet's Sahara Race gets underway as well. The week long ultramarathon will begin on Sunday in Egypt, where approximately 160 ultra-runners, from 36 different countries, will hit the trail. The Sahara Race is the third race in the 4 Deserts challenge this year, with the first two taking part in the Gobi and Atacama Deserts. Racers ...
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British Adventurer Ripley Davenport has announced his plans for 2011 by launching a new website in support of his expedition to trek across the Gobi Desert. This new endeavor will spawn a documentary film about the trek and the team's interactions with the indigenous people of the Gobi, while also inspiring others to pursue adventures of their own. Unlike his attempt to cross Mongolia on foot, which took place earlier this year, Ripley won't be going solo this time out. While he will serve as expedition
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Long distance solo trekker Ripley Davenport is closing in on another milestone on his epic trans-Mongolian march as the Gobi Desert begins to give way to the foothills of the Altai Mountains, and an entirely new set of challenges. Regular readers will recall that Ripley is in the midst of his Mongolia 2010 Expedition , in which he is attempting to walk solo and unsupported across the entire length of that country. He has already left the Eastern Steppe behind, and crossed the Gobi as well, and according to
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It's been about a month since we checked in with Ripley Davenport and his Mongolia 2010 Expedition . At that time, he was just returning to Mongolia to resume his 1700 mile trek across that country that would see him traveling the entire length, east to west, while going solo and completely unassisted. To accomplish that feat, the former British Army officer is pulling all of his gear and supplies behind him in a cart, which had to be redesigned to handle the rigors of the trail following a major ...
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