Not many of us can say that we have been to either the Arctic or the Antarctic, but for Dixie Dansercoer the sub-zero climates of the poles are a passion. Dixie Dansercoer is the ultimate polar explorer and extreme sport expeditionist, he makes regular polar trips and has crossed both polar regions on foot.
Born in 1962 in Nieuwpoort, Belgium, Dixie has spent most of his life travelling the world, taking on many challenges across a wide range of outdoor activities. From mountaineering to mountain biking, from running to powerkite-skiing and from sailing to wind- and kitesurfing, Dixie will use any method to explore the extremes of our planet. A list of Dixie’s adventures and achievements is shown at the bottom of this post.
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Fresh from his victory in the UK Cup competition at the 2009 British Orienteering Championships, British and World Champion Orienteer Graham Gristwood has kindly agreed to an interview with the CheapTents.com outdoor sports blog.
Orienteering World Champion!
Born in 1984, Graham Gristwood lives in the UK and Sweden. He is a member of the Great Britain Orienteering Squad and also runs for IFK Lidingö SOK.
In the Czech Republic at the 2008 Orienteering World Championships, Graham Gristwood, Jon Duncan and Jamie Stevenson won a gold medal for Great Britain in the Men’s Relay Event.
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Kendal Mountain Festival dates for 2009 have been confirmed, this years festival will again run as a four day event! And having supported the promotion of 2008’s Kendal Mountain Festival, we thought it was only right to continue with that support right throughout 2009 too for this year’s…
Kendal Mountain Festival 2009
Dates are 19th – 22nd November 2009, so make sure you get your accommodation booked now to be ahead of the crowd! People frequently prefer to stay local to the festival for the convenience of everything and to soak up the atmosphere so if you’re planning on going book the time off work and book your accommodation now!
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You might have heard of social media and/or social bookmarking sites, well here’s an intro into the topic to help you along the way!
Simply click on one of these icons to bookmark the content you want to your social bookmarking account – give it a go!!
What is Social Media?
Social media is the online version of the pub. You know when you’ve been out walking in the Lakes and you duck in to the local pub at the end of your trail, covered in mud and looking forward to that first pint and a hearty roast dinner, sharing stories of how you were nearly blown off a cliff in a gale once, and how your new waterproof jacket from your new favourite outdoor shop is even better than what you hoped it would be…social media is just like that!
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Recently we contacted the incredibly talented climber and comedian Timothy O’Neil who kindly agreed to an interview with the CheapTents.com outdoor sports blog.
We’ve been really quite fortunate to get such prolific outdoor sports people onto the blog in recent months and it is a great pleasure to see another fine star, Timothy O’Neil, providing a great insight into the adventures and misadventures of his antics! 
You might also be interested in the interviews we have been lucky-enough to receive with other professional climbers and mountaineers…
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Tom Buckley with Twin Sister
Coast-to-Coast walker Tom Buckley has completed his charity trek across the UK.
The 23-year-old, who has terminal cancer, walked into the North Yorkshire village of Robin Hood’s Bay on the 18th grueling day of his 192-mile journey, on the 16th December.
£50,000 target has been reached!
What an amazing feet – even under such adverse conditions, such challenging terrain and pain throughout the latter stages of the trek, Tom completed the trek that raised £50,000. A colossal feat, and one that is truly admirable.
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Onto the Antarctic Plateau
On 11/11/08 Adam Wilton and Gavin Booth set off on an expedition to the South Pole. Adam and Gavin are well past 88 degrees now. Man hauling their sleds for a staggering 10.5 hours per day they are becoming tired and hungry. They are losing weight and feeling the cold.
We are now properly on the plateaux though, so flatter terrain. Both glad to tick off another day.
Their height on the plateau is about 2700 meters, 1000 meters of which they climbed in the past week. Fortunately there is only another 135 meters left for them to climb to the South Pole.
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Paul Bride, Outdoor Photographer
We love getting inspiring outdoor athletes on for interviews and have another one this week who kindly gave up there time to answer a few questions for CheapTents.com readers!
Paul Bride a photographer of whom work has been seen in the Rock & Ice magazine and multiple. Here’s a bit more about Paul and his adventures…
About Paul Bride
Paul Bride is an adventurer & travel photographer/videographer specialising in expeditions with a focus on climbing and travel. Paul’s work appears consistently in the climbing and outdoor world – in high profile . He currently resides in Squamish British Columbia Canada.
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CheapTents.com contacted Mikael Strandberg just a couple of days ago, along with a select few other MSR sponsored adventurers…and he kindly agreed to give us an insight into the life of this prolific adventurer…literally one of whom who has traveled into virgin territory on remarkable expeditions.
Mikael Strandberg, Explorer and Adventurer
Mikael Strandberg was born in 1962 in Sweden. He started his professional career as an explorer 19 years ago. The multi-talented Mikael is currently working as an explorer, a lecturer and a writer. Mikael has also produced three internationally renowned documentaries for television “PATAGONIA – 3,000 kilometres by horse” and “THE MASAAI PEOPLE – 1,000 kilometres by foot” and his much awarded, “-58 degrees – exploring Siberia on skis.”
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As you know, we are always on the look out for amazing outdoor people that achieve such amazing things in their chosen outdoor sport, and today is no exception.
Alison Gannett, alisongannet.com
About Alison Gannett
Alison Gannett is a world champion big mountain free skier, and if you didn’t think this was enough she is also a ski film star, mountain biker and an award-winning consultant for solutions to climate change.
Here’s the interview…
CheapTents.com: What inspired you to get into outdoor sports?
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