World Meet Photos
Friday, 8. October 2010Greetings All A few photos from Immenstadt and Budapest now up in the Gallery Regards Ross
Budapest and the Balkans
Friday, 1. October 2010Greetings Apologies for the delay in updating after the Triathlon Champs held in Budapest on 11th September. Budapest was a great venue for World Championships. The swim was in the Danube and the flat fast bike course on the Buda side of the city. The run headed north alongside the Danube on the Buda side […]
Immenstadt
Saturday, 7. August 2010Greetings All The last few months of triathlon training were put to the test last weekend at the World Long Distance Champs in Immenstadt, Bavaria, Germany. Coming out of the New Zealand winter I elected to arrive in Immenstadt 10 days before the race to acclimatise. Rainy cold weather not much different from Auckland questioned […]
Triathlon
Saturday, 22. May 2010Greetings All A quick update as the year races by. Joining the local triathlon squad on my return to NZ late last year resulted in a much higher level of training intensity and lifted me to a new level. Although I did not have qualifying for Long Distance on the radar, my coach thought I […]
Christmas 2009 Update
Thursday, 24. December 2009Greetings All, Yet another year’s end approaches. Merry Christmas to you all and all the very best for 2010. With reaching the South Pole and then the group and solo North Pole expeditions, 2009 has been a huge year for me. Huge personal challenges and hugely rewarding experiences. After completing the icy challenges I then […]
North Photos
Wednesday, 6. May 2009Greetings Photos of the group and solo trips now up. Unfortunately they do not load in the sequence selected so order is random. Regards Ross
Northern Stories
Wednesday, 6. May 2009Greetings All Now back on terra firma though it doesn’t feel much warmer here in Milwaukee!! The Arctic experience was huge. Going back to the start of the exercise…a four hour flight from Oslo had me in Longyearbyen which is the populated area of Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago. Longyearbyen at 78 degrees, […]
Solo
Sunday, 19. April 2009Greetings All Continuing from the North Pole posting…. I flew back to Barneo the Russian Base Camp on the ice and was then dropped at 89 degrees by helicoptor for the last degree as per the last trip but this time solo. Skiing across floating ice towards the North Pole by ones self was a […]
North Pole
Monday, 13. April 2009Greetings Very pleased to advise I arrived at the Geographic North Pole at 1015 hrs (Norwegian Time) on 10th April. Fantastic trip!! I am now back in Longyearbyen and head back down to the ice this afternoon to make a solo trip. Hopefully back in Longyearbyen around 22nd and will send all the stories then though […]
Longyearbyen
Monday, 30. March 2009Greetings All, Currently in Copenhagen and fly up to Longyearbyen, Norway, tomorrow morning to join the others for the North Pole expedition. We are scheduled to be on the ice 2nd April and all going well I should be able to post the story 3rd week of April. Looking forward to getting back on the ice […]
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