Three boys, nine thousand miles and no idea.
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 Some break dancing somewhere in Eastern Europe. Dave, Jeff and Steve came to us a couple of years ago, we knew Dave from a piece he wrote on Finisterre and the rest – history. Dave and the boys wanted to chase an experience, raise some money and take a car over [...]
3000 miles in rowing boat…
Friday, November 13th, 2009 Phil and Skippy, local boat builders and dive experts from Falmouth are rowing the Atlantic – taking on everything the ocean can throw at them. The boys who are raising money for the Cornwall Blind Association hand built there boat in a remote farm house in Cornwall. Phil dropped by the [...]
Knocking on Mongolia’s Door
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Ultra Marathon – for leukaemia research 62 miles, 11,000ft ascent, 18 hour cut-off, only 6 weeks preparation In Lake Hushvol national park on the border with Siberia Dave Smith, former Olympic coach, biz development consultant, author, professional Irishman – girlfriend is fighting leukaemia right now – hence the challenge. Linh Vien [...]
On the saddle for 164 days
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Yesterday was the day James Bowthorpe embarked on his ambitious mission to set a new round-the-world cycling record. The 31-year-old furniture maker from London sets off today on an epic 18,000 mile journey cycling an average of 120 miles a day, on his Santos Travelmaster equipped with a Rohloff Speedhub and [...]
The arctic Challange – Team Finisterre brings it home . . . .
Thursday, August 9th, 2007 The boys did well, very well. In fact they were the only non professional team to finish. Believe us when we say this was one of the hardest endurance races in the world. Take the last day for instance. In 2006, the previous last day distances had been a grueling 76km [...]
