We’ve put the story of female world champion Ewa and her remarkable journey in the Unclassifiable area, simply because it such an amazing thing to have survived.
She flew unconscious for up to an hour covered in ice after reaching an altitude of 9947 metres - near the cruising height of a 747.
Russ and Boz’s trip through Tas saw some surfing, some good ww descents and sums up what it’s like to be on the road in a van. All photos are by Erin Rayton.
Yank transplant Steve Skelton describes his cavorting in the Darrans of NZ. Aid climbing, helicopter drop-offs, new species of lizards .... it's a DB trip of note. Here's a shot of the wall in question but read on elsewhere. Friend of FTR's Roger Chao and team mates, have crossed Greenland unsupported from sea to sea, each hauling 100kg sleds some 550km. They began the initial climb from sea level up to around 2700m and then back down, facing winds of up to 200km/ph and temperatures down to -30c.
Their aim was to make this a totally carbon neutral expedition by calculating their total emissions and offsetting this by tree planting, showing that people can live a carbon neutral lifestyle.
They interviewed the indigenous Inuit who live on the icecap on both the east and west coasts, documenting on camera how global warming has and will impact on their lifestyles and culture. They are using this documentary to do a series of talk to primary schools, sustainability festivals, public lectures, and numerous other groups as part of an awareness campaign of global warming and its impacts on indigenous cultures around the world.
Most impact studies have been done on low elevation coastal areas where water will rise, but not so much has been done on communities living and depending on icecaps. Thus this is a great chance to interview people living in very remote and inaccessible areas, first hand on camera about the impacts of global warming on them.
For full details of the trip, go here
Sean Bozkewycz has been encouraging us for some time to take a small step in an environmental way and covert our power use to Green Energy.
We did it some time ago but worth just making comment on how easy it was with the local supplier.
Both gas and power are changed with great ease and below are some points from the Oz supplier Tru Energy's site.
http://www.truenergy.com.au/Residential/GreenEnergy.xhtml
If it looks like a bit of an ad for them, we guess it is but no harm if they're offering some better alternatives .......
"Switch to one of TRUenergy's green packages and make a difference.
The average household in Australia emits about 8.5 tonnes of Greenhouse Gas each year solely through energy use. Use our Green Energy Calculator to work out your Greenhouse Gas emissions.
By taking up one of our green energy packages, an amount equal to 100% of your household’s electricity use will be generated from renewable sources and returned to the community electricity grid. There are a range of green energy products to suit you: TRUenergy Planet packages which you can add on to your electricity plan or TRUenergy Go Green. Call us on 133 466 to switch to green energy today.
TRUenergy Go Green, 100% green energy at no extra cost, plus 3% discount when you pay your bill by the due date".
From the Puget Sound to the Bering Sea; a four thousand miles along the edge of the Pacific, by foot, raft, and skis. An expedition designed to explore and communicate the broad environmental questions facing this region. In the Expedition area is where Erin and Bretwood describe their trip. |
