Hello!

This August I will be joining a special horde of world class riders and adventurers in the inaugural Mongol Derby, (see http://mongolderby.theadventurists.com/) a crotch-pounding 1000km race across the Mongolian steppe aboard a series of native, semi-wild and very tough horses.   It makes the Guiness Book of Records as the longest horse race ever staged, and early analysis suggests it will be among the toughest.

I will be navigating, foraging, finding water for me and the neddies, coping with extremes of heat and cold, fending off wolves, washing in rivers (If i can afford to make a pit stop...), and introducing the nomads who have herded up some 800 of their precious horses for our racing pleasure to my Wuthering Heights rendition after a round or two of fermented mare's milk.

Over the coming weeks i will be chronicling my training efforts (whilst holding down my consulting job) as well as my attempts to accumulate all the high-tech equipment (e.g. strawberry laces, cigarette lighters) I will need to ensure my successful completion and safe return from the adventure.

 Join me! (as you acn see i have been in training for this particular adventure my whole life...)

Katy X