Whilst I've been away it's been great to chat to travellers from all around the world about CC, and I've taken onboard LOTS of ideas.
In the coming months I will be working on combining the Vlog and Blog at one website, plus adding in educational and geographical elements.
I'll be looking for adventurous sponsors, and I'll be doing lots and lots more challenges.
Some more ideas that have come up over the last couple of weeks - banger rallies, geocaching, Uluru, the Gold Coast Marathon ....
Keep the suggestions coming in, and please do volunteer to join me on the challenges - after all that's the whole point of CC.
Sunday, 27 April 2008
Borneo!
Just a quickie I'm afraid as I'm on a hostel computer and there's a queue.
Have spent the last three weeks in Borneo, travelling around Sabah and Sarawak, and completing two pretty hardcore trekking challenges whilst here.
The first was Mount Kinabalu - the highest peak in South East Asia at 4095m. Not all that high compared to Killimanjaro or Base Camp, but a really tough trek because the first day you ascend 1300m in just 6 or 8km (depending which trail you take), and then the second day you ascend 800m before sunrise, and then have to come all the way down again!
The steps up were far steeper than anything on the way up to Everest Base Camp, and adding to the difficulty is the humidity - sweat literally gushed off my fringe the whole way up.
I made it to Laban Rata - the overnight stop at 3300m in just under 6 hours, and then the next morning it took me a further 2 hrs up, and 1 then 3 hrs back down again.
Accompanying me were Challengers Charlie, Kathy, Denzil, Jesse and Chris.
The second climb was The Pinnacles, a unique rock formation in the Mulu National Park in Sarawak. I thought that Mt K was hard - the Pinnacles Climb seemed twice as steep!
Just wait to watch the video to see how crazily steep the whole 2.4km climb up to the viewpoint was. I think we ascended 1300m again, but in less than half the distance!
Up Mt K every half kilometre is marked - something I'd never seen before up a mountain, though you realise why the markers are needed once you start walking - it's just like a marathon!
And yet up the Pinnacles every 100m is marked! And you feel like it takes you just as long between markers.
Jesse, Denzil and Charlie all also accompanied me up the Pinnacles, so they are all eligible for both Challenge 4 and Challenge 5 t-shirts!
Bring on Challenge 6 - Soweto!
Have spent the last three weeks in Borneo, travelling around Sabah and Sarawak, and completing two pretty hardcore trekking challenges whilst here.
The first was Mount Kinabalu - the highest peak in South East Asia at 4095m. Not all that high compared to Killimanjaro or Base Camp, but a really tough trek because the first day you ascend 1300m in just 6 or 8km (depending which trail you take), and then the second day you ascend 800m before sunrise, and then have to come all the way down again!
The steps up were far steeper than anything on the way up to Everest Base Camp, and adding to the difficulty is the humidity - sweat literally gushed off my fringe the whole way up.
I made it to Laban Rata - the overnight stop at 3300m in just under 6 hours, and then the next morning it took me a further 2 hrs up, and 1 then 3 hrs back down again.
Accompanying me were Challengers Charlie, Kathy, Denzil, Jesse and Chris.
The second climb was The Pinnacles, a unique rock formation in the Mulu National Park in Sarawak. I thought that Mt K was hard - the Pinnacles Climb seemed twice as steep!
Just wait to watch the video to see how crazily steep the whole 2.4km climb up to the viewpoint was. I think we ascended 1300m again, but in less than half the distance!
Up Mt K every half kilometre is marked - something I'd never seen before up a mountain, though you realise why the markers are needed once you start walking - it's just like a marathon!
And yet up the Pinnacles every 100m is marked! And you feel like it takes you just as long between markers.
Jesse, Denzil and Charlie all also accompanied me up the Pinnacles, so they are all eligible for both Challenge 4 and Challenge 5 t-shirts!
Bring on Challenge 6 - Soweto!
Thursday, 3 April 2008
Still to come ...
Just to give you a taster of some of the challenge ideas for the next 6 months ....
- Three Peaks
- Mount Brandon (in Ireland ... Brandon is NOT a person!!)
- Ice Climbing
- Flying Lesson
- Coasteering
- Indoor Sky Diving
- Zorbing
- Wakeboarding
- Windsurfing
- Aerobathon
- Pirate Rampage!
- Bushcraft Week
- Learn to Sail
- Mountain Leadership Course
Any other ideas?! Then get in touch! And come join me on the challenges!!
- Three Peaks
- Mount Brandon (in Ireland ... Brandon is NOT a person!!)
- Ice Climbing
- Flying Lesson
- Coasteering
- Indoor Sky Diving
- Zorbing
- Wakeboarding
- Windsurfing
- Aerobathon
- Pirate Rampage!
- Bushcraft Week
- Learn to Sail
- Mountain Leadership Course
Any other ideas?! Then get in touch! And come join me on the challenges!!
42 Miles, and then onto a plane!
Hi everyone!
So ... Challenge Charly is actually going really well - the feedback I'm getting has been great, and the whole thing is really gathering momentum.
On Saturday two new challengers will be tackling the Three Towers Hike with me - a 42 mile Scout hike across the Berkshire Downs ... and yes, we do have to do it in just one day!
I've actually done the Hike four times before, the first time when I was 16, but it definitely doesn't get any easier, and now I have a record to keep up because I've never dropped out. Could be tough as I'm still in quite a bit of pain after getting tripped up during the Marathon a few weeks ago.
In previous years I've taken as long as 18 hours to finish - you have to stay as a team of three, so if anyone in your team drops out you could wait for hours for another team to join up with.
I'd like to say our target is 15 hrs, though it's a pretty mean feat, and seeing as neither Mark nor Tom have ever really hiked before, we'll just have to see how we do!
Then, less than 24 hrs after I finish I jump on a plane to Borneo. The main challenge whilst I'm out there will be Mt Kinabalu, but I have three weeks of activities planned, so I'll do my best to film all the fun!
And then .... literally 10 hrs after I land back at Heathrow I'm setting off to Johannesburg to make a documentary about AIDS orphans, which I know is gonna be at least emotionally tough.
So ... lots to come - keep tuned to the You Tube channel - Challenge Charly is a YouTube Channel where I'm documenting all my various random adventures around the world.
The whole point is to encourage people to try things they wouldn't normally think of doing, or think they are capable of doing.
Get involved by suggesting new challenges for Charly, or by volunteering to be a Challenger, and taking part in one of the challenges with Charly.
Or you can just sit back and laugh at what an idiot I'm making of myself !!
Tune in at ...
http://uk.youtube.com/user/challengecharly
and remember, I'm always keen to hear your challenge ideas, and accept volunteer challenges to join me on the challenges!!
Who knows - if word can spread enough we may even end up with some famous Charly's Challengers!!!!
Take care, and remember to try everything you see at home!
So ... Challenge Charly is actually going really well - the feedback I'm getting has been great, and the whole thing is really gathering momentum.
On Saturday two new challengers will be tackling the Three Towers Hike with me - a 42 mile Scout hike across the Berkshire Downs ... and yes, we do have to do it in just one day!
I've actually done the Hike four times before, the first time when I was 16, but it definitely doesn't get any easier, and now I have a record to keep up because I've never dropped out. Could be tough as I'm still in quite a bit of pain after getting tripped up during the Marathon a few weeks ago.
In previous years I've taken as long as 18 hours to finish - you have to stay as a team of three, so if anyone in your team drops out you could wait for hours for another team to join up with.
I'd like to say our target is 15 hrs, though it's a pretty mean feat, and seeing as neither Mark nor Tom have ever really hiked before, we'll just have to see how we do!
Then, less than 24 hrs after I finish I jump on a plane to Borneo. The main challenge whilst I'm out there will be Mt Kinabalu, but I have three weeks of activities planned, so I'll do my best to film all the fun!
And then .... literally 10 hrs after I land back at Heathrow I'm setting off to Johannesburg to make a documentary about AIDS orphans, which I know is gonna be at least emotionally tough.
So ... lots to come - keep tuned to the You Tube channel - Challenge Charly is a YouTube Channel where I'm documenting all my various random adventures around the world.
The whole point is to encourage people to try things they wouldn't normally think of doing, or think they are capable of doing.
Get involved by suggesting new challenges for Charly, or by volunteering to be a Challenger, and taking part in one of the challenges with Charly.
Or you can just sit back and laugh at what an idiot I'm making of myself !!
Tune in at ...
http://uk.youtube.com/user/challengecharly
and remember, I'm always keen to hear your challenge ideas, and accept volunteer challenges to join me on the challenges!!
Who knows - if word can spread enough we may even end up with some famous Charly's Challengers!!!!
Take care, and remember to try everything you see at home!
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