My Laundry has had a chance to be returned to me smelling of crisp sun, but the experience of walking though the Namibian desert for the past 20 days will take a lot longer to wash out of me!

Yesterday, at arou… Continue

Update from the team, courtesy of the official expedition website:

"The team finished pumping water before nightfall last night so had a good nights sleep and woke up to a beautiful sunrise. They have walked for 14.9 miles today, all along the beach – there wasnt a huge amount to see, aside from around 7000 seals, many of which followed them along the coast! They have finished slightly early today, allowing people to rest up a few aching muscles and sore feet."

When you are carrying everything you need for 20 days on your back you quickly realise that the majority of that weight will be food. In fact of the 26Kg I started with, almost 15 were food. So how do you get the most calories per gram while still getting a varied enough diet?

My 744grams of daily energy intake is divided up as follows:

* 180grams of homemade granola giving me 800 calories and good slow-release carbohydrates

* 200 grams of evening freeze-dried expedition food gives me a furth… Continue

As we reach one week into the expedition the team update their website skeletoncoastexpedition.com....:

"An exciting night at camp last night as jackals raided at around 4am! They tried to steal boots, walking poles and water bottles, but Christina woke up and managed to chase them off. The decision has now been made to tie everything to the tents so the same thing cant happen again! Today has been the team’s strongest day yet with any sore feet / niggling injuries feeling more comfortable. The… Continue