Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Inverie to Kinloch Hourn - The (not so) big trek
28 May, 2335hrs GMT, Nevis Center, Fort William
Meeting people from all around the world is all part of the job of being a journalist. Some interesting people i have met, as well as the interesting circumstances under which i met them, are as follows:
- Hanging with journalists and photographers from all over the world
- Bumping into and chatting with Team Orion while doing grocery shopping
- Watching a few athletes from the top ten AR teams in the world get seasick aboard a cramped ferry.
- Hiking with Geoff Hunt and his assistant to CP9 of the Prologue stage on the Isle of Rum
- After dinner chat with Justine Curgenven, producer and director of the "This is the Sea" kayaking video series.
- Catching a car ride back to Fort William with one of the race directors for the ARWC2007
- Grabbing a pub dinner with Team Merrell/Wigwam suport crew Jeff Akens (who is also team captain Robyn Benincasa's husband).
I particularly enjoyed the car ride back to Fort William, as the race director and myself discussed the ethical and safety implications of the rules for AR. The meeting with Justine was a total fluke... just chatting to her after dinner at the Isle of Rum, i found out that this was none other than the creator of that series of iconic kayaking films. i have always wanted to watch that film series, and so I was stoked!
Wilson Low
Scotland
Meeting people from all around the world is all part of the job of being a journalist. Some interesting people i have met, as well as the interesting circumstances under which i met them, are as follows:
- Hanging with journalists and photographers from all over the world
- Bumping into and chatting with Team Orion while doing grocery shopping
- Watching a few athletes from the top ten AR teams in the world get seasick aboard a cramped ferry.
- Hiking with Geoff Hunt and his assistant to CP9 of the Prologue stage on the Isle of Rum
- After dinner chat with Justine Curgenven, producer and director of the "This is the Sea" kayaking video series.
- Catching a car ride back to Fort William with one of the race directors for the ARWC2007
- Grabbing a pub dinner with Team Merrell/Wigwam suport crew Jeff Akens (who is also team captain Robyn Benincasa's husband).
I particularly enjoyed the car ride back to Fort William, as the race director and myself discussed the ethical and safety implications of the rules for AR. The meeting with Justine was a total fluke... just chatting to her after dinner at the Isle of Rum, i found out that this was none other than the creator of that series of iconic kayaking films. i have always wanted to watch that film series, and so I was stoked!
Wilson Low
Scotland
