Life was suddenly too short to delay this project any longer than necessary.

Since making that decision, she had a bike built for her by Chaz Roberts of Croydon, researched and bought all the kit and devoured as many cycling books as she could – Josie Dew, Dervla Murphy, Alastair Humphreys and dozens of online journals, mainly on Crazy Guy On a Bike.

With little previous cycling experience or training behind her she started slowly, but like the proverbial tortoise and hare has made considerable progress and is currently in Iran having cycled through France, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Turkey.

So here I am, just turned 59, retiring early at the end of June, and about to set off on the biggest adventure of my life. I’m a long way off being ‘bikefit’ but I do know that I can cover 30 miles in a day as I am, and expect to raise that to 50+ after a few weeks in France.

“You’re very brave”, so people keep saying – before I set off. I’ll have to earn those words before I agree. But funnily enough, no one has called me mad – I think they already knew that…

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Im not being ageist but this is truly inspirational especially when I consider my mum is 59 and I could never imagine her doing more than drinking wine in front of the TV! mylesaway.wordpress.com

I love this woman’s story. My parents did something similar in 2006. They sold their house in London. Put their possessions into storage and set off by bike to ride through France. They went on a hunt to buy a house over there and after 3 months riding and over 1500 miles covered they had found the place of their dreams. They returned with powerful thighs and bursting with cycling pride. Reminds us that it is never too late to follow our dreams.
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An Orphanage in Nepal

My duty as a volunteer was to look after 33 orphans’ health, clean their sores every day, take them for dental check ups, stay with them in hospital when needed, make sure the –not very nice- manager gives food to them, and buy fruits and vitamins from donations.

They were 3-17 years old. Some of these children had parents, but they lived far away and were very poor, so they would pay the manager of the orphanage to take care of their child, and send them to school (which they couldn’t afford). Now, sometimes the managers’ heart is truly in it, and they do everything to make the children’s life better and happier.

BUT, there are managers who would save money on buying food for them, or would sell the pretty girls in India. The later was true to the manager of the orphanage I was placed. Our lovely manager, Emma was on the case. Her goal was to take over, and move the children to a better home.

I spent the first day in the orphanage in shock. It was dirty, smelly, and the children’s little bodies were full of infected sores from scabies, and head lice was common too. I went home feeling angry, sad, disappointed and ashamed to be a human. How can we let this happen!???

The next day I went back and saw these children smiling, getting ready for school. They were happy. They don’t know any better. This is the life they know, and they just get on with it. They don’t demand anything! They didn’t have anything…when a volunteer bought a football for them, they would jump around with joy, and take it to the fields as soon as they could. It was so much fun playing with them. They loved flying kites too.

I gave them two dried dates each one day, which I brought with me from Oman, where I spent a few days staying with a friend before going to Nepal. Those children were savouring them for 10 minutes…and there we go. Umm umm umm….a whole box gone in a minute. It was amazing to watch them enjoy every little bite they took.

After a month and a half spent in Nepal, it was time for my exciting adventure. Everest Base Camp Fundraising Trek, which was organized by VSN and the money fund raised was going towards a new home for the children I was looking after, as soon as VSN took over from that horrible manager.

A group of 12 of us from 7 different countries met in Vaishali Hotel, Kathmandu and took an early morning flight to Lukla on 2nd October 2006. It was a scary flight with a breathtaking view. The tiniest plane, flying through the Himalayas landing on a 100m long -or short in this case- landing strip, which is built into the mountain side. Crazy!

After a tea and a cheese sandwich in Lukla (2840m;93117 feet) we started to make our way to Everest Base Camp. We stopped walking in the afternoon and spent the evening playing cards, drinking endless amount of tea, reading and chatting. These were the activities for most of our evenings.

After waking up, we saw the most spectacular snow capped mountains, what weren’t visible when we arrived. At this point we didn’t know each other too well, but we all had a twinkle in our eyes, which said. This is going to be such a fun adventure!

The second day was the most difficult one, simply because it was the steepest climb, and we had reached the altitude where ‘altitude sickness’ can kick in. We left Phakding (2610m;8563 feet) after breakfast and walked through forests and passed many suspension bridges. One of the many rivers was roaming below, giving a lovely background noise throughout the trek.

We were stopped by the Maoist and we had to “donate” some money. Lucky we were with guides, and that it was a fundraising trek, otherwise we would’ve had to “donate” much more.

We arrived to Namche Bazaar (3440m;11286 feet), which is the last town before Everest therefore a major stop off point for those trekking to Everest Base Camp.

Some of the porters we saw on the way made our jaws drop to the ground. They carry all sort of stuff from food to metal wires wearing flip flops, taking us over. And there goes the German guy with his full on gear huffing and puffing. Sorry, nothing against Germans, it’s just they are probably the most prepared bunch out of all nations, right?
I got to taste my very first deep fried Mars bar here, which I think was the last one as well.

This story continues tomorrow as Viktoria reaches Everest Base Camp and prepares for the Annapurna Circuit Trek.

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I’ve just done a 100 mile run in himalayas in indian/napal border. Amazing. Heres my race review | www.johnnysultrablog.co.uk

I trekked the Annapurna Himalayas last year – SO amazing, fell in love, want to go back and do Everest Base Camp.
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Never Nepal, but yes to Rockies, Appalachians, Andes, Alps and several mountain peaks in the Caribbean. All exciting and fun
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Not for luxury travellers, for most it is beautiful, people are friendly, take your shots before going, drink bottle water. jimsswong.yolasite.com

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In 2007 I rode the entire route 1 day ahead of the professionals and thought I would put together an overview of my trip and provide some pointers for others tempted to tackle a stage or the whole route. This is part 4 of a series of articles documenting my story. To read Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Cycling the Tour de France Prologue

My training was finished and I was ready! Well as ready as I ever was going to be following 3 weeks of effort. My Mother had agreed to join me and drive a support van. She arrived in London and we loaded up the transit van than would be our home for the next 3 weeks.

I didn’t take alot of gear or tools. My lack of cycling experience meant that i wouldn’t have known what to do with tools even if I had owned them. The basic kit list was a bike pump, spare tyre and tubes.

On Friday 6th July 2007 with the bike and geared stowed in the back of the van we set off to central London to ride the prologue and watch the Grand Depart. Parking in central London is a nightmare so we left the van in the car park at Batersea Park. My mother got a bus into town and I cycled along the river. I was so nervous. My stomach filled with butterfly’s feeling like an imposter who was going to be unmasked at any moment.

I arrived at Parliament square and went through the barriers they had erected and had my first taste of the huge logistical operation that goes on behind the scenes of the Tour. There were hundred’s of people erecting signs, barriers, TV vans, cables everywhere. It was a hive of activity.

The official start was at the top end of Whitehall so I rode up to the sign turned round and I began. The Prologue is a short stage of just 8km. For the pro riders it is a tough test, riding as individuals, alone against the clock. For me it was a lovely ride through some beautiful parts of central London.

The nerves I had felt earlier disappeared and I enjoyed the lovely summer afternoon and took in the sights. I didn’t rush and just took in the atmosphere. Much of the course had already been closed off to traffic and I had a taste of what the pro experience as I rode between the barriers imagining the 1000′s of people who would be there tomorrow to watch the Prologue for real.

The course meandered it’s way past many of London’s landmark sights including Parliament square, Buckingham Palace and Hyde Park finishing on The Mall. The Mall looked amazing with Union Jack flags draped everywhere. What a buzz I felt. Really proud to be British.

Watching the Tour de France Grand Depart

I finished. I had a huge sense of relief. That just maybe this was possible. My mother and I met at Trafalgar square and were joined by a couple of other friends of mine to watch the Grand Depart. This is a formal presentation of the pro teams and all their riders. Trafalgar square was packed with people and big screens to watch the riders close up. Each team was introduced and the riders rode down a ramp and did a small circle in front of the crowd.

After the presentations we left Trafalgar square and went fro dinner at a nearby restaurant. After a fabulous meal with loads of banter by my friends about the likely disaster that was going to unfold we were just paying the bill when I had the most terrible thought. “What time did they lock the park gates”. I had a complete panic. I wanted to start the stage early the next morning and if we couldn’t get the van out where would we sleep and how could I get off early.

I jumped on my bike and rode like a madman the 3-4 km back to the van. To my eternal relief the gates were still open and we could rescue the van.

Each Tour de France stage is made up of 2 parts. There is the neutralised section which varies in distance between a few Km and about 20km. This is the route the riders follow to get to the actual start point of the stage. Then there is the actual stage and it is this distance between stage start and finish that is the distance measurement that you see listed.

I had decided NOT to ride the neutralised sections of the stage. This was for 2 reasons. The first being and most obvious “I didn’t need to add any additional distance to my challenge!” the second is that navigating through cities is difficult at the best of times and without the route signs that accompany the course it would be very difficult to follow. Meaning I could potentially waste lots of unnecessary time and effort.

We arrived at Greenwich which was the official start of the stage and found a car park to put the van and get some sleep. We made a funny pair my mother is 68 but still very fit and active. Me a novice cyclist with no knowledge about the Tour.

I had bought the Dummies guide to the Tour de France and as we prepared for bed I read out sections of the book to her. neither of us had a clue what it was gong to be like. I had never seen the tour, not even on TV whilst she had once while on holiday in Marseille seen the peloton ride under a bridge!

Our sleeping arrangements were bizarre to say the least. I slept in the back of the van with the bike, food and all the gear. It’s a bog standard van with no windows and the front section is panelled off from the rear. She finds the back claustrophobic so slept across the front seats in full view of passing people!

I did have a small camping light so after she had “shut me in” to the back I settled down to read the official tour program. This became my bible as it showed a profile for each stage including the distance and height to climb on each mountain.

Finally to nervous to read. I switched out the light and let my thoughts drift. I was really, really nervous. My mind turning over and over about the first stage and the hills to come. My mothers alarm was set for 5.30 and I finally drifted off to sleep.

This story continues tomorrow as I ride my first tour de France stage from London to Canterbury and I meet some other riders to share the adventure with.

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Starting and finishing at North Cape in Norway, he became the first man to travel the Arctic Circle without motorized transport, completing a 20,000km journey through Greenland, Canada, Alaska, the Bering Strait and Russia’s Siberia, pulling a kevlar sledge piled with 180kg of equipment and food.

Prior to this Mike had an outstanding pedigree in extreme expeditions. Including Amazon Expedition, a solo, un-motorized traverse of the South American continent taking 6 months and Latitude Zero, the circumvolution of the world around the equator. Taking 18 months Mike Horn sailed, paddled, canoed and cycled around the world.

Valuable lessons from one of worlds greatest explorers

Before attempting the solo circumnavigation of the Arctic Circle expedition in 2004, Mike Horn did 2 things which I think we can learn alot from. Both in the sense that he was humble enough to do them and also how we can apply them to our own expedition projects.

The arctic was a completely foreign landscape to him and he recognized that he didn’t have a hope of being successful there without serving some kind of apprenticeship and learning from the best.

The first thing he did was to get himself invited on an expedition to Greenland with two Swiss explorer JeanTroillet and Erhard Loretan (3rd man to climb all the 8000m peaks without oxygen). This gave Mike the opportunity to be mentored by two of the world’s greatest Himalayan mountaineering experts.

On this Greenland expedition he basically worked as a packhorse but it gave him the opportunity to watch, listen, learn and soak up as much knowledge and information as possible. The most valuable and life saving lesson was the art of PATIENCE.

In conditions of extreme cold knowing when to stay in the tent and not to push on can be the difference between life and death. A naturally impatient and impulsive man it was a difficult lesson to learn. But vital as in arctic whiteout conditions many explorers have become lost and frozen to death just 2m from their tents

Mike Horn posses two of the most important characteristics of an extreme expedition explorer. These being a rock solid, steady temperament and an enormous capacity for physical endurance. But on returning from the Greenland Expedition he wondered if these were enough to fulfil his dreams of a solo circumnavigation of the Arctic Circle.

With this in mind he sought the advice and guidance of Borge Ousland, the first man to reach the North Pole solo as well as the first to cross Antarctica solo. Mike visited Norway to apprentice with him. To learn everything he could about this famous explorer, his way of life, his personality, the way he worked, his attitudes, and daily routines.

Mike didn’t know and had never met Borge however he was welcomed into his home and and over a number of days shared his polar knowledge and experience.

These examples of serving apprenticeships with expedition experts and learning everything we can from them are valuable and give us an insight into the character of Mike Horn and demonstrate why he went on to become one of the world’s most famous expedition explorers.

Mike has written an account of his solo circumnavigation of the Arctic Circle expedition called conquering the impossible

He is currently leading a fantastic ocean expedition for young explorers. For more information please visit Pangaea

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I think perhaps it is his complete credibility. Here is a man who has been there, lived there, seen it, done it and got the T-shirt. He is homeless and has been a perpetual traveller for 10 years and visited more than 80 countries.

HoboTraveler.com is difficult and confusing to navigate around. But I strongly recommend that you take the time to do so. Hidden within it’s 8000+ pages are some really gems. Truisms that will inspire, comments that force you to look closely at ones own belief systems and strong opinions that he is not shy to share.

If you are tempted to venture on your travel adventure and are on a tight budget there is an excellent section on how he has funded his travel over the years. It demonstrates that with a bit of hard graft and an entrepreneurial spirit following your travel dreams is very possible.

It is so tempting to wait to follow out dreams for everything to be perfect. Often we put things off because we don’t have enough money, its not the right time, I cant leave now. Excuses are so easy to find. But please follow Andy’s example and get started. Live life in the here and now. Reach out for you goals and let nothing stand in your way.

The following quotes from his Blog give a flavour of the man and his writing.

Travel Blogs aspire to be somebody, to be a something, to be more than just one person rambling about his or her vacation.

Travel is one of the most selfish, self-centered, self-absorbed things to do on the planet, we do it alone, and all the decisions are made by us.

Make a list of all the things you want to do before you kick the bucket. When someone says, get a life, this is what they mean. We negotiate our life while living on a small precipice; we look over the edge seeing all that is possible. However, still as timid souls we ask too little of ourselves, we believe in tomorrow more than today.

I stole this tip, I am copying this tip, and I am buying into this tip from a movie called, “The Bucket List.” Two men who have terminal cancer make their dream list of what they want to do before the kick the bucket. The difference between these two men and the rest of the world is they decide to be the heroes of their life.

Make a list of all the things you want to do before you kick the bucket, then start to today to find the hero of the story. Please go watch the movie “The Bucket List,” and make all the tomorrows become today, then one day at a time you can become the hero of the story.

Once you have “The Bucket List,” you will learn there are people who love you and will help you achieve your dreams, and there will be many who say this is just a movie… it is not a movie, it is the story of your life, do not lose the negotiations, your life is at stake.

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The change in me through Nepal

After a fight with my– now dear friend- ex-boyfriend, we decided it was time we ended our relationship. And that was, in fact, a wonderful new beginning.

I sat in front of the computer for hours, applying for different volunteer works all over the world. Costa Rica, Fiji and Nepal to be precise.

I’ve always wanted to do something good, something worthwhile. This was the perfect opportunity. I thought it would be a difficult task, but I got an answer from all of the NGOs, and they were waiting for me with open arms (and pockets;)

I decided to go to Nepal, and volunteer in an orphanage for 4 months through GVN/VSN. After I’d read through their programme, I found out about the Everest Base Camp Fundraising Trek they organized. I though, “Why not, since I’m going to be there…might as well do it.”

So I sent my application, and paid bits by bits for the volunteer programme and the trek. I had to fund raise $2000, which some of my lovely friends kindly helped with. My ex helped me by sharing his house, without paying any rent, while I worked at the post office as a delivery person. He was off to Pakistan doing his own adventure.

My training to climb Everest Base Camp was sorted. I was doing my walks running, with a bag as heavy as 10-15kg at times. After work I would go for a run or take spinning classes. When I had the energy, since getting up at 4.20am took a lot out of me. Living in the country-side is great when one likes outdoor adventures, exercises.

I invited my mum to stay with me for a week, because I couldn’t go home in order to save more money, and she was so worried something would happen to me and we wouldn’t see each other again. She cooked for me, gave me massages and we would have long chats while walking in the forest.

When she told me, “I’m so scared, what if something horrible happened to you?!” I told her, “I prefer if something happened to me while climbing in the Himalayas, then getting hit by a bus in front of Tesco.” I saw a bit of relief on her face. We just don’t know when it’s our time to go…

Arriving in Nepal

I arrived to Nepal at the beginning of September 2006. Myself and a few other volunteers were picked up from the airport by a mini bus, and we were given a room in Potala Hotel. As we were racing through the streets of Katmandu, we were all smiling and I instantly fell in love with the place.

We had one week introduction in a beautiful little village called Bistachep. We lived with a Nepalese family, and had Nepalese language lessons every day. We were told about the scams in Kathmandu, and did some cool trekking in the valley. We had to use a communal tap in the middle of the village to get cleaned wearing a skirt pulled up to our necks as a cover.

We ate what every Nepalese eats every day, twice a day. Dhal baat. It’s rice, lentil soup and curry with the seasonal vegetable. We learnt to eat with our hands. We also learnt to use our right hand only, since the left was used to clean ourselves after using the toilet, which was a hole in the ground with a jug of water on the side.

We were told to watch out for leopards at night when we needed to go to the toilet, which was in the back of the garden. Great!

Once we were ready, we got our placements. I was living with my lovely aama (Nepalese for mother), who had two daughters and a son, and a little girl was staying over a lot, helping with the chores. Her parents were alcoholics, and as I understood, she was bitten up from time to time, so my aama helped her.

All of them lived in one room, and I had my own room which was the same size as theirs. There was nothing in my room, but a table and a bed, which had a blanket over it, so it was nice and hard.

The bathroom had a sink, but there was no pipe connected to the wall. When I washed my face the first time, I had water running on my feet to my surprise. We only had cold water, and oh dear, was it cold in the middle of the winter!?

This story continues tomorrow as Viktoria faces up to the harsh realities of orphanage life and discoveries the beauty of the Himalayan mountains.

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   Arguably the world’s toughest endurance race. RAAM is 3000 mile bike race across America. Solo riders cycle up to 22 hours per day and must complete the route in under 12.5 days. For more information www.raceacrossamerica.org

2. Row the Atlantic Ocean Race

   Covering a distance over 3000 nautical miles this event tests body and mind. Taking around 50 days competitors face a constant battle of sleep depravation, salt sores and the physical extremes. For more information www.woodvale-challenge.com

3. Run Marathon des Sables

   Considered the world’s toughest footrace, it is a six-day, 156 mile ultra marathon through the Sahara dessert. Equivalent to 5.5 regular marathons in 6 days, carrying a load with temperatures of up to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. For more information www.darbaroud.com

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5. Bike Iditarod Trail Invitational

   The world’s longest winter ultra marathon race across Alaska. Competitors battle 1100 miles of snow and ice with temperatures reaching -40C. For more information www.alaskaultrasport.com

6. Cycle Around the World

   An average round the world cyclists completes 18,000+ miles and takes anything from 6 months to 20 years to complete. For me this would be a slow journey of discovery rather than a record attempt. For more information www.cyclingaroundtheworld.nl

7. Walk to the North or South Pole

   To follow in the footsteps of the world’s greatest explorers has always fired my imagination. The poles have been a magnet for adventurers for the last century or so and continue to test the planet’s finest explorers to this day. For more information www.thepoles.com

8. Sea Kayak Around the UK

   The 3000 mile British coastline with it’s harsh and dangerous waters have always inspired and scared me in almost equal measures. For more information www.seapaddler.co.uk

9. Boulder Font 8A in Fontainebleau

   This is not strictly an endurance event but since I have been working on this for the past 2 years and hope to achieve it before the London Olympics in 2012 I feel 5 years of effort make it qualify! For more information www.bleau.info

10. Set up the CrazyJourneys Foundation

    10% of all profits that CrazyJourneys.com makes will be directed into a charitable foundation with the objective of funding and helping young and disabled explorers and adventurers to reach their goals. It will provide expedition funding, help with marketing and sponsorship negotiations, planning and mentoring particularly with regard to generating media coverage.

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