Finally, its arrived…a trip to the Cape for Doug Marvin’s wedding. YEEHAA!! Although Sharon had lived there for several years she hadn’t done any of the touristy things, so as well as the wedding we planned to take in the sights and sounds of the Cape. We arrived on Thursday night and had dinner at …
After much training the first of the two big races finally arrived…50 MILER. Two days of paddling down the Dusi and Umgeni rivers with some real water and real rapids. This is where things get fun (and sore)!! On day one we were to paddle from Mission rapid to Marion Foley causeway. This meant we …
Sunday was a GREAT day. It was the first Sunday Shaz had free so she came along to second me for the Ngwenya upper Umgeni race. It was only the fourth time I’ve paddled this stretch in a single and I managed to take 20 minutes off my time, so I was very happy with …
Come Sunday, and the first of the Dusi qualifying events. We mosied our way up to Albert Falls for the Ossie Gladwin; a 28km paddle consisting of 7.5km on the dam, a 2km portage, followed by 18kms on the upper Umgeni. This was only my third race in a single and there were some nerves …
On the 25th of July 2008 we left the office with smiles on our face, and adrenaline in our blood. It was time for the annual all Africa skiing trip. We climbed into Karen’s trusty Renault and headed for Lesotho at great speed, after all, speed was what the weekend was all about. Well, that …