Mark Webber Pure Tasmania Challenge 08

The Mark Webber Pure Tasmania Challenge (MWPTC) is a gruelling physical and mental adventure race in aid of charity, held in Tasmania - Australia’s adventure capital. Competitors will kayak, trek and ride their way through some of Tasmania’s most beautiful and remote wilderness areas. Follow some of [...] see Breakloose for more»

They’ve done it! Kayakers cross the ditch

They have done it! James Castrission, 25, and Justin Jones, 24, have cross the Tasman Sea and reached New Plymouth on NZ’s West Coast at 12:20 local time (10:20 AEDT). In doing so they are the first to kayak across the Tasman Sea. They have also just completed the longest trans-oceanic expedition ever attempted [...] see Breakloose for more»

Lot 41 expected to land tomorrow

Exciting news! Sydneysiders James Castrission, 25, and Justin Jones, 24 two Australian kayakers who have been paddling across the Tasman made up time last night and are expected to arrive in New Zealand tomorrow. The is great news for two guys who have given their all [...] see Breakloose for more»

Sir Edmund Hillary dies

Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb the world’s highest mountain Mount Everest, died early this morning at the age of 88, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said. Hillary, who with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of the 8,848-metre Himalayan mountain on May 29 [...] see Breakloose for more»