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2006:
Ran first full ultra distance marathon, the 54 miles non-stop thames meander, finished 39th in just over 10 and a half hours.
Competed in the 21st 150 miles stage race across the sahara desert, the marathon des sables, the year the organizers have said was the toughest on record. in an international field of elite athletes, with the largest contingent from the uk, ben finished in the top 10 britons finishing the 150 miles in 30 hours 25 minutes 56 seconds with a highest overall ranking of 87th on stage 4 (the long day).
Ram 100 miles non–stop up and over the pennines in the inaugural pennine challenge. with only around a 25% completion rate (only 8 finished) ben finished the 100 miles in just over 30 hours, in 3rd place. |
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Climbed kilimanjaro the highest mountain in africa in 2002, in 2 days without acclimatisation |
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Ran 50 miles non stop in thames path race in just 7 hours 57 minutes finishing joint 9th.
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Completed two back to back laps of the yorkshire dales three peaks, in 11 hours 15 minutes, making the decision on the third to stop to avoid serious injury, vowing to return again to complete three laps back to back with no support.
sadasda
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Successfully summited and traversed denali (mt. mckinley) the highest mountain in north america, one of the coldest mountains in the world and second only to everest in overall difficulty of the continental 7 summits. the summit and traverse was particularly significant as the team was the only team this year, the first in 4 years and only the 3rd in 10 years to be successful in doing so. |
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Rowed across the atlantic unsupported from canaries to caribbean as part of the oyster shack crew along with simon chalk, ian couch, george oliver and michael martin in just 37 days 5 hours and 50 minutes, narrowly missing out on the open class world record.
The team overcame countless water maker problems, the violent breaking off of the rudder twice, 40 foot waves, lighting storms and endured the last 300 miles on just a few chocolate bars and a couple of liters of hand pumped water to make other world records and achievements along the way.
- The first and probably only, 5 five man crew ever to row across the atlantic.
- The fastest 1000 miles rowed out of the canaries.
- The 5th fastest crossing ever of the Atlantic (any class rowing boat, by any route) - 5th out of just over 200.
- The 2nd fastest crossing ever of the Atlantic in a conventional rowing boat (by any route).
- The fastest crossing ever (any class boat) from canaries to antigua. (done by great circle route i.e. with no real currents or trade winds.)
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2009: Ran the ‘50 mile challenge’, a 52.4 ‘country’ miles non-stop double marathon ultra in 9 hrs 40 minutes.
NEXT ADVENTURE:
”Now back in the UK, having completed the first part of my ambitious ‘ADVENTURE TRILOGY’ I am straight back into plans for my next project, the ENDURE Greenland crossing.
The ENDURE Greenland project is an ambitious lightweight speed crossing attempt of the polar ice cap in Greenland set for April 2009. It is a dual purpose expedition in that it will further my knowledge polar travel, ready for a bid for the South Pole, the third part of the trilogy, and of course it has the familiar target to be one of the fastest ever crossings, of the ice cap….if not the fastest!!
After the ENDURE project I am planning a Sea Kayaking crossing of the Irish Sea for the summer of 2009 and then it is on to Everest in 2010, and the South Pole 2011/2012, to hopefully complete the ADVENTURE TRILOGY. With, of course a lot of ultra distance events and adventure races along the way”
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