Outer Edge Magazine

Adventure Watch

Your guide to expeditions happening across the globe. Want to let the world know about your next expedition? Non-commercial, scientific and charity-based (non-fee paying team member) expeditions listed FOC. Commercial expeditions (with fee paying adventurers) can be listed at cost. Contact editorial@outer-edge.com.au.

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  Ski Pulk Through Lapland’s Alps

  Ski Pulk Through Lapland's Alps

  Adventurer François Quiquet plans to travel over 100km, alone and completely independently, through a little known region of Lapland, using skis and backcountry ski pulk (mountaineering sled). Along the way he will attempt an ascent of Kebnekaise (2111 metres), the highest peak in Sweden and part of the Scandinavian Alps, located about 200km north of the Arctic Circle. His trip will follow a trail named the Kungsleden (‘road’ in Swedish), one of the oldest and wildest routes in Europe. Find out more, click on fquiquet.blogspot.com

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  Paddle Around Australia

  Paddle Around Australia

  When German superwoman Freya Hoffmeister smashed her way around our continent-sized island last year, following in the paddle strokes of Kiwi kayaking legend Paul Caffyn, Outer Edge posed the question: just when is an Australian paddler going to rise to the challenge of circumnavigating our country? Little did we know that one Stuart Trueman was preparing to do just that. Stu set out from Broome on 10 April, and gave himself 16 months to do the 16,000 odd kilometres that would see him come back into the WA beach town in July/August. If successful he will become the first person to complete the circumnavigation unsupported. As we go to print, he’s about to rock up in Melbourne, where we plan to go for a beer with him. Look out for more on this story in future editions of Outer Edges and on our website.
  outer-edge.com.au

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  Ride for the Rainforest

  Cycle > Sri Lanka > February

  Join Krista Bernard, an international expedition cyclist with a Young Adventurer of the Year badge already on her riding knicks, as she embarks on a 12-day cycle adventure around Sri Lanka with an environmental objective. With over two-thirds of Sri Lanka’s rainforests already lost to deforestation, Ride for the Rainforest aims to raise funds to help protect what’s left. The trip is open to anyone, whether you’re a cycle expert or a social rider.
  www.rainforestrescue.org.au

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  EXPEDITION1000: 25 JOURNEYS OF 1000+ MILES BY DIFFERENT MEANS

  skateboard/SUP/freecross trainer/whatever > worldwide > ongoing

  The crazy bastardo brainchild of one Dave Cornthwaite, who has already knocked off such classic epics as the world’s longest skateboard, 5823km from Perth to Brisbane (pictured). Next up is a source-to-sea jaunt along the Mississippi on a stand-up paddleboard. And then he intends taking a freecross trainer 1000 miles across Europe.
  davecornthwaite.com
  

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  Middle Kingdom Ride

  Motorcycle> China> Set off August 2010

  Canadian photojournalist Ryan Pyle is taking to the road – and surely plenty of rutted trails – with his brother on an epic motorbike adventure circumnavigating the country that has been his subject of interest shot through the lens for ten years. The 20,000km journey will take them through some of the country’s most populous and remote regions and they’ll film their entire journey.

  www.mkride.com

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  Kayak Bass Strait

  Bass Strait > departure early 2011

  Adventure racer Jarad Kohlar will lead a group of paying paddlers to become the first people to cross Bass Strait by surf ski. The fully supported island-hopping journey will head across via the eastern route, with a charter boat on their tail for safety, over seven days and nights with five paddling days. Due for launch early 2011.

  www.peakadventure.com.au

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  Africa for horses

  Horseride > Africa > Ongoing

  Horse lovers Lloyd and Isabel are on the ride of their lives, trotting their way around the coast of Africa to raise awareness of African Horse Sickness. They started in Durban, South Africa and expect to complete the 6000-7500 kilometre journey sometime next year, though they say they don’t have a time frame - the horses will dictate the pace.

  www.ridingforhorses.co.za

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  Jetski jaunt

  Jetski > London–Sydney–Auckland > Sets off 1 August, due Sydney 100 days later

  In August, New Zealander Jeremy Burfoot and a support team will set out on a Jetski from London, its bow pointed toward Sydney and then on to Auckland, some 31,000km (17,000 nautical miles) and a whole lot of adventure away. Burfoot is on a mission to break an incredible world record by around 12,000km). This latest expedition comes after he rode a Seadoo 5000km around New Zealand to support cancer awareness in 2006. Dubbed ‘The Ultimate Ride’, his journey is again to benefit cancer awareness. The London–Sydney leg is expected to take 100 days.?

  www.london-sydney.com

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  Six Summits

  Bike, paddle, mountaineer > Global > Set off 2003, due back 2012

  Erden Eruc is on a human-powered circumnavigation of the globe and reached Australia in January. The Turkish-born American has already ridden his bicycle from Seattle to Alaska and summited Denali. He then rode from Seattle to Miami and rowed solo across the Atlantic. Through his rowing, mountain climbing and biking, Erden Eruc intends to eventually make his way back to San Francisco in a human-powered world circumnavigation that will also include a climb of six summits – Kosciuszko and Everest the next on his list. His journey is scheduled to continue until 2012.

  www.around-n-over.org

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  Pangaea

  Global > Ongoing

  Mike Horn’s four-year youth-orientated expedition, Pangaea, continues its tour de force. Horn recently added an Aussie accent to the crew with the addition of Mark Thompson, a sixteen year old from Cairns. Thompson read about the Pangaea expedition in Outer Edge, applied and spent a few weeks in Switzerland training up. He passed all medicals and found himself joining the boat and fellow young explorers from the Andaman Islands to Calcutta in February. Mike’s expedition still needs more Aussie recruits for the remainder of his journey, which heads overland from India, north to the Himalayas and through Asia. Young people can apply online.

  www.pangaea-mikehorn.com