The Antarctic Fire Angels
It was great to be invited by Geoff Long of Portsmouth University’s Sport Science Laboratories to meet up over Zoom with most the ‘Antarctic Fire
January 14, 2022
It was great to be invited by Geoff Long of Portsmouth University’s Sport Science Laboratories to meet up over Zoom with most the ‘Antarctic Fire
The Conservation Without Borders team have been on the road for quite a while now on the Round Britain Climate Challenge. The weather had messed
Girl Power: By sheer fluke of timing, two expeditions in which we are involved got properly underway on Saturday. Sacha Dench, held up by weather,
Rosie Swale-Pope was well on her way to Kathmandu with Ice-Chick, the original Jogpod. She was working East through Turkey when the Covid-19 virus hit.
Steve Holland was interviewed by long term collaborator Mac Mackenney on the the do’s and don’ts of expedition team selections. Will be in three parts on his Driven to Extremes Youtube channel.
In hard copy today and online the FT have done a nice piece on Rosie Swale-Pope. Rosie is currently on lock-down in Turkey. As someone over 65 (She is 73) she is deemed to be vulnerable and so progress towards Kathmandu is temporarily halted.
Conservationist Sacha Dench, who we have supported on ‘Flight of the Swans’ and now ‘Flight of the Osprey’, has been appointed as a UN Ambassador for Migratory Species.
Bringing some much needed light relief during the UK General Election campaign, Rosie appeared on Sky News to discuss her ongoing run to Nepal. She gave a nice name check to Steve Holland of SJH Projects which was a pleasant surprise.
Following on from the great success of the Flight of the Swans expedition, its leader, Sacha Dench, has founded Conservation Without Borders whose first major project will be the Flight of the Osprey.
In 2018 Jogpods proved to be the way to see the sites. Mark Allison, AKA Run Geordie Run, finished another leg of his around the world charity fund raising run by reaching Kiev. He had intended to get to Astana but fun and games with the Russians…
After wrestling with Belgrade customs, Mark Allison, AKA RunGeordieRun, wrestled Chappie free and has set off on the next leg of his round the world charity run. This leg is 100 days to Astana, Kazakhstan. So far all the JogPod’s systems are working well.
Excellent evening at the RAF Club to see Sacha Dench be presented with the Royal Aero Club’s prestigious Britannia Trophy by HRH The Duke of York for leading the Flight of the Swans expedition.
Hard training for ‘rungeordierun’. Mark Allison, in preparation for the next leg of his around the world run spent a tough, cold weekend training in Northumbria.
An excellent article on the background and ongoing legacy of the 2007 Xtreme Everest expedition can be seen here. SJH Projects supported the early stages of the ground breaking project with extensive kit testing and helping with the first mountain lab build above Chamonix.
Sacha Dench, instigator and leader of the ‘Flight of the Swans’ expedition has won the Royal Aero Club’s Britannia Trophy. This is a major achievement and reflects on both the flying skills and challenges as well as the impact the project…
The prototype set of the heated clothing system developed for Ranulph Fiennes’ ‘Coldest Journey’ was used in the Portsmouth University Sport Science Faculty’s Christmas Lectures for local schools.
We can now tell the story of a project that in the end didn’t come off. How and why will be familiar story to those trying to get such ventures off the ground, but the work and research undertaken was challenging and has provided a legacy that is being used today.
The first training for ‘Run Geordie Run’ and Chappie’ has proved the benefits of a well branded Jogpod and vindicated the plans to undertake the next leg of his round the world unsupported by a crew and vehicle
A new Jogpod has been handed over to Mark Allison aka ‘Run Geordie Run’ for the next stage of his round the world run. We will follow the adventures of this new Jogpod, already known as ‘Chappie’.
Rosie Swale Pope has taken charge of a new buggy which will become her home when in the UK, travelling around and completing the book of her epic crossing of America.
