Solo, trans-Atlantic ocean rower Peter van Kets now has less than 500nm to row to Antigua. Tough weather conditions and a competitive solo rival, Charlie Pitcher, meant that Pete lost out on winning the solo category and setting a solo record. He’s in contention for second.
Paraglider Pierre Carter is about to embark on his new adventure of climbing the seven summits and flying off their tops. He’s called it Seven Summits Seven Flights. Pierre, who made our radar last year when he took part in the Red Bull X-Alps challenge, has been mountaineering and paragliding for years.
The expected ‘BIG STORM’ hit the fleet on Wednesday, sending the rowers into their cabins to wait it out. Although Peter van Kets is further South than most of the other transAtlantic rowers, he hasn’t escaped the storm.
CT-to-Beit-Bridge walker, Ray Chaplin, has been on the road for 30 days. On Thursday, 29 Jan, heading towards Hopetown, Ray clocked his 1000th kilometre covered. He is now 120km from Kimberley and he should get there in another four days.
While Peter van Kets rows across the Atlantic, Kaalvoet Jaco is heading into the Northern Cape and Ray Chaplin inches closer to Kimberley, walking and towing a trailer, Kyle Meecham (23) is nearing the end of his journey walking around South Africa. Kyle has been walking (around SA’s perimeter) since May 2009.
After a week on the water, Trans-Atlantic solo rower Peter van Kets is in second place and chasing down solo rival Charlie Pitcher. In this first week Peter has been smacked about by bad weather and large side-on swells, had a close-encounter with a ship and was visited, at night, by a big something that kept bumping into his boat.
Finally, the Woodvale Ocean Race is set to start – today! After the initial delays (nasty weather) to the original early-December date, solo ocean rower Peter van Kets returned to South Africa, spending the festive holidays with his family. He returned to La Gomera days before New Year, anticipating an early January start.
Ray Chaplin, walking solo to Beit Bridge from CT, aborted his initial expedition in mid-December, 450 kilometres into the journey. Defeated by contaminated water (yes, still infectious after treatment and filtration!) and severe drought in the Karoo, Ray has spent the last three weeks revising his plans. He is now five days into ‘Take Two’.
Celebrity chef, adventurer and ultradistance runner, David Grier, is on terra firma in Madagascar after a two week-long paddle from Mocambique to the Madagascar. Celebrity chef, adventurer and ultradistance runner, David Grier, is on terra firma in Madagascar after a two week-long paddle from Mocambique to the Madagascar.
In 2005 and 2006 he ran 26,000 kilometers around the World, travelling West-East from Europe and through Asia, Australia and North America. 38 year old Jesper Olsen is currently running North-South from Europe, the Middle-East and through Africa. He has just entered South Africa from Swaziland.
