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FEAT announces FEAT Award

April 20, 2011 AdventureLisa 0

Following the success of the inspirational live FEAT events, where South African adventurers speak – for only seven minutes each – about their recent expeditions, FEAT proudly announces a new FEAT innovation: the FEAT Award.

AR Adventure Gaiters

April 20, 2011 AdventureLisa 0

These have been a long time in coming – but now they’re here. Yes, long, padded orienteering gaiters for adventure racing (and orienteering, of course).

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LAVA’s Ystervark experience

April 19, 2011 AdventureLisa 0

Ek het Francois se gesig nog nooit só gesien nie…mens kan dit seker ‘n grynslag van pyn noem. Hy drap daai fiets van hom asof dit die laaste ding is wat hy gaan doen. Dit was scary om te aanskou. Ek het geweet: Super F is kláár. Ek het med-evac choppers in my verbeelding oor die sat-phone begin summon…

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A muddy Kinetic Adventure

April 17, 2011 AdventureLisa 0

This morning it was the second Kinetic Adventure event of the year and after almost non-stop rain over the past two days, it was bound to be wet and muddy out there. The race was held from Amazingwe, near Hartebeespoort Dam, which we rode through last year.

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Unchartered at Ystervark

April 14, 2011 AdventureLisa 0

The YstervARk series is branded as back-to-basics, old school, hard core, simple adventure racing. That made me a little nervous – can I handle old school when I’m used to the post-Hano Kinetic era? I’ve seen pictures and heard stories of broken boats, hypothermic people, big mountains and this weird plotting-using-co-ordinates idea.