Winners Announced

Congratulations to Jon, our fourth challenge winner! He and his friends, Clare, Trevor and Al are getting ready to leave this Saturday to start their exciting adventure!

Read just a bit more about them below – we’re sure you’ll get to know them better as you follow them here on the site through photos, videos, tweets and Facebook status updates.

Jon Morris
Age: 33
Job: Marketing Manager for an industrial electronics firm
Hobbies/Sports: Windsurfing, skiing/snowboarding, mountain walking, tennis, archery
Interesting Facts: Nothing recent, I once taught the lead singer of Magnum how to do archery, does this count?
What are you looking forward to on the challenge? Sailing in blue water and skies, learning how it's done from the pro's
Biggest Fear: Not afraid of anything, bring it on! (except spiders, and hoping there won't be many at sea)

Clare Stock:
Age: 32
Job: Credit controller for an industrial electronics firm
Hobbies/Sports: Pilates, yoga, walking, socialising, spending time with my daughter
Interesting Facts: Giving birth to my daughter a year ago was interesting, but I don't think you want to know much more about it!
What are you looking forward to on the challenge? Getting away from grey England and trying something I've never done before
Biggest Fear: Hoping that I can be as much of a team player as everyone else

Trevor Hann:
Age: 36
Job: Travel Industry
Hobbies/Sports: Enjoy travelling, sailing, tennis, football and scuba diving
Interesting Facts: I started learning to sail in Sydney 2005 and have held an ambition to sail across the Atlantic ever since, so I really need the extra practice
What are you looking forward to on the challenge? Hopefully winning the regatta and celebrating with some of the local rum
Biggest Fear? Losing the regatta, sinking the yacht and finding out they have run out of rum

Al Lawrence:
Age: 33
Job: House Husband
Hobbies/Sports: Kayaking, Walking
Interesting Facts: Not a lot recently I’m afraid until this!
What are you looking forward to on the challenge? Sailing on an Americas cup yacht!!!!
Biggest Fear? Sea sickness

Challenge: White Water Rafting Post 3 - In Transit

First stop, Johannesburg.



Ten hours of flying South African Airways from London Heathrow whereupon we catch a connecting flight onwards to Livingstone, Zambia. At the time of writing we're on the second leg of this trip. It's about 11:30am local time and in about an hour we're to meet Cornelius, who will be our host and guide for the latter part of the trip.

I say latter, because the first two days we spend here we're going to be staying in Chobe National Park - which, according to the itinerary is...

"located in a unique setting where four different African countries meet, (Botswana, Zambia, Namibia and Zimbabwe), the park itself boasts one of the largest concentrations of elephants and buffalos in Africa as well as other spectacular game viewing"...

'Magical' doesn't quite cover it.

I'm going to stop reading the information guide now, I can see what is planned for when we arrive and to be honest, I don't want to spoil the surprise.

:)

I'm glad the winners are getting a couple of days to relax, it looks like the tail end of the week is going to be *extreme*, in every sense of the word.

At this point I would normally write something typically get up and go like 'Bring. It. On.' but as I said, that can wait..

For now.. let's just get to Zambia!



See you all very soon.

Challenge 3: White Water Rafting Post 2 - Say Hi Guys! :D

Challenge 3: White Water Rafting Post 1 - Meet the winners!

Stuart, Kenny, James and Wullie (aka William, not Will. Not Willy. Not Wally. Wullie. Say. No. More.) We're just about to jump onto our South African Airways flight to Jo'burg.

We're headed (back) to Africa for Lucozade Challenge number three: White Water Rafting on the Zambezi.

This set of winners are - as you may've read already - are freshly graduated from Edinburgh Napier University and have already shown that they are well up for it, what with the amount of energy sparking around between the four of them...

It's actually a wonder we made it through customs..!



This is their next big challenge before they break into the big wide world after finishing Uni, so it looks like it's going to be a good one! :)

;)

Challenge: Cattle Herding Post 22 - The Journey Home

"Let's roll out!"


Today we ride down the mountain.
Down, down, down, down down down down down down we go!











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There is an accompanying video to go along with this final post from Wyoming, but it seems to be having problems uploading... Stay tuned folks and we'll get it put up as soon as possible...

In the meantime...

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We arrive safely (just!) 'down below' just in time to make it for dinner...
Dinner reservations have been made at Trapper Lodge not far from The Hideout
The food is good, the wine is good and above all... the music is good.

I mentioned before that Llion was a touch shy when it came to being in front of the camera.
But..

When you give the man a guitar...?


VIDEO

Sorted. What a perfect way to end the perfect trip...

Nice work lads, Lucozade Energy Challenge: Cattle Ranching in Wyoming is finally at an end. Cattle Wrangling, Roping, Herding and Driving all COMPLETE.

Excellent work all round.

Remember people!

Do More.

'til next time! :)

Challenge: Cattle Herding Post 21 - This isn't on the schedule!

If you're reading this, then you know why you're here.
You're here for the Lucozade Challenge.
The Lucozade Energy Challenge in fact.

The Challenge on this trip is Cattle Ranching. However, this group seem to be set on finding new challenges that simply go above and beyond that of the pre requisite demands.

In my previous post I mentioned the trek to Shell Lake.

But. As much as these photos feed my imagination - these are not why we are here.
Oh no. Shell lake. Remember that?

If you forget - 10,000 ft up in the Big Horns - Shell Lake is many, many things... however, 'warm' is not one of them. So when I talk about the 'extra' lucozade energy challenges that the group - and this part I cannot emphasise enough - that the GROUP insisted on fulfilling themselves was taking a dip in Shell Lake..





Legends.

That night Stewart tells us tomorrow we're riding back down.

"Ok, cool. How far are we driving down first?"
"Aww no, we'll ride the whole way. Head out about 10, we'll get down there for around 4ish maybe? Shower then dinner about 6? What' do you say?"

"Yeah*, dinner sounds nice..."

*Forget every part of the conversation that happened from this point forth, all we heard was six. hours. in. the .saddle."

Challenge: Cattle Herding Post 20 - Wilderness Adventure

Today we're riding up into the wilderness. Stewart has told us about a place called Shell Lake, situated some 10,000ft above sea level, it's natural lake hidden away in the mountains some two hours away from the entrance to the wilderness. So we pack up the horses and set off..

We'll get to the good photos in a second but it has to be said that today we say our first MOOSE!

Amazing creature, so graceful...



We unload the horses and start riding, Shell Lake is hidden away up in the Big Horns and it takes some time to reach our destination.
We passed many, many other natural lakes on the way up, including this one that had horse-shaped rocks gently lapping at the water's edge.



Perfect or what?

When we arrive at Shell Lake it's gone 2pm and we're starving. As lunch stops go, this is by far and away one of the best ones yet...