First, a quick brag:Voted #3 in Top Ten Adventure Twitters by Outside Magazine – woohoo! Now, on to the news… The Brocade is now comfortably ensconced in her new home at Pacific Shipyards International on Pier 41. I had spent … Continued
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Women of Personality – Who Me?!
Image by Amit Gupta via Flickr There is a wonderful vibe in Team Roz at the moment. This is a big year for us, and it seems as if everything in our lives so far has been preparing us for … Continued
Happy (B)Earth Day To You!
Happy Earth Day to you! And Happy Earth Day to the Earth – 4.7 billion years young today, or 6,000 years for the creationists. Either way, pretty darned old. Earth Day was created by Gaylord Nelson in 1970, and was … Continued
Brocade – Looking Rough
Ian and Joel have been going great guns on the Brocade, despite less than ideal working conditions. They have had to work on her in semi-secret, because in theory the warehouse where she currently lives is for storage only – … Continued
Adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit!
“The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.” – John Lubbock Aloha, friends, from sunshiny Hawaii! Roz has asked me to write a guest … Continued
Fortune Favours The Bold – Eventually
This is now the fourth time that I’ve prepared for an expedition – once to Peru, and 3 x ocean rows – and I’m coming to understand how it works. Here is my general guide to expedition timelines in the … Continued
Aloha! In Hawaii for Final Countdown
Changes they are a-coming, and currently all for the better. Yesterday I travelled from the mainland to Hawaii for the final countdown to the launch of Pacific Stage 2 on May 24. These next 5 weeks are going to be … Continued
Olly Abandons Row – But Lives To Tell The Tale
Today I heard that sad news that ocean rower Oliver Hicks has decided to temporarily abandon his attempt to become the first person to row around Antarctica. His ambitious plan was expected to involve 18 months alone in the Southern … Continued
The JUNKeteers Ride Again
I am in Vancouver for a couple of days – primarily to see off my friends Marcus (of the JUNK raft) and Anna from the Algalita Foundation, as they set out to ride their bikes from Canada to Mexico to … Continued