Book Release

Book Release

June 19, 2013

"Through Blisters and Saddle Sores"  
Available from Amazon Kindle on the 21 June 2013, £1.99

In order to keep raising funds for the Haven Breast Cancer Support Centres, 10% of ALL sales will be donated to the charity.

This book takes you through our journey from the beginning to the very end and everything in between. It shows the highs and low's, the up's and down's the good and the bad that one can find in any long and worthwhile quest.

It is based on very personal experience and hides NO flaws or weaknesses found in my character. On the other hand it also brings to life the changes that happened to me during this expedition and how those weakness became less and flaws became strengths.

This is a very real book. Tricia had very real cancer. We had very realhard times. We took on a very real challenge. However, in the end we overcame, we conquered, we did not surrender to what seemed impossible, we persevered, we held tight and we kept pushing forward.

Everything worthwhile is born through struggle.

There is no greater secret to success than what is written in our DNA. Survival and the quest to live have been the pressing force of mankind since the beginning of time. In this book you will see just a glimpse of that and the results that can be achieved.


  

Posted by Ettienne De Beer. Posted In : Book 

My 5 1/2 hour plod!

June 7, 2013

The sun is out, and the distant glimmer of the fells urging me to wonder their grandeur, so I must!

In my preparation for my next challenge my road seems paved with blood blisters, numb quads and wavering energy levels. Yesterday was my fourth run in the mountains and I thought it would be getting easier...how wrong I was!!!

I started at the base of Wetherlam wanting to push in a more northern direction exploring some fells that are new to me. With this heat it was hard to get going but I made it up Wetherlam (2502 ft) then up Prison band to the cairn of Swirl How (2630 ft)

   

I then turned right and in a couple of minutes I was standing on the top of Great Carrs (2575 ft). Leaving the cairn I took a tiny footpath east and it wasn't long before I was standing on Grey Friar (2536 ft). I remember thinking to myself, wow 1hr, 25 mins in this heat was not too bad completing 4 of the Fells I would eventually do on my record attempt.

It is not that I'm going for any speed records so I only focused on keeping moving forward no matter how slow. I now wanted to move north towards areas I didn't know. I also limit my use of a map - probably not always the best idea - I figured that I'd learn the mountains fairly fast if I had to remember where I am.

The next fell I wanted to topple was Crinkle Crags but first I had to run down Grey Friar and this was where I got lost- again! The combination of not knowing the area and lack of willing to use my map cost me an hours detour run which would later near kill me.

                                                                                     

After finally making it to the right track my next hurdle was Little Stand (2385 ft) before I could see Crinkle Crags towering in the background. From the foot of Little Stand to the tallest of the Crinkles took me 54 minutes and by now I was running the mountains for 3 hr 21 minutes in the heat.

My energy dropped to zero as I made it to the tallest cairn of Crinkle Crags (2816 ft). It was as if my body said: OK, so you made it to where you wanted to now I want to rest.

Read the full story on my Current blog @ http://www.ettiennedebeer.com/current-blog.php

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