Hana Black is one of around eight women who have signed up for the Tour Te Waipounamu bikepacking race. It starts in Golden Bay in less than two days’ time! From 2016-2020 Hana and her partner Mark were on an epic biking adventure from Alaska to Patagonia. When the world started to shut down with… Continue reading Tour Te Waipounamu rider: Hana Black
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Tour Te Waipounamu rider: Caleb Helkenn
Caleb is currently the only rider signed up for the Tour Te Waipounamu who doesn’t have a Kiwi flag next to his name! He arrived in New Zealand back in late February 2020 after six months in Antarctica, planning to spend about three weeks biking around New Zealand. Almost a year later, he’s still here!… Continue reading Tour Te Waipounamu rider: Caleb Helkenn
Tour Te Waipounamu rider: Kath Kelly
Kath is one of eight women currently signed up for the Tour Te Waipounamu bikepacking race. After spending her twenties “mostly drinking piss” she set her sights on the Coast to Coast multisport race in 2008. She quit smoking, took up paddling and riding and totally changed her life around. After doing a bunch of… Continue reading Tour Te Waipounamu rider: Kath Kelly
Scouting part of the Tour Te Waipounamu: a training ride through the Two Thumb range
Just after Christmas, Andrew Trevelyan and Rob Brown set off to practise ‘normalising difficult’ by scouting the Mesopotamia – Tekapo section of the Tour Te Waipounamu bikepacking race. We caught up with Andrew to hear more about the adventure and how his race preparations are going. These photos will whet your appetite for high country… Continue reading Scouting part of the Tour Te Waipounamu: a training ride through the Two Thumb range
Tour Te Waipounamu: New Zealand’s toughest bikepacking race?!
We’re excited to share some details about the inaugural Tour Te Waipounamu bikepacking race that starts on 14th February. There’s no doubt about it – this is New Zealand’s toughest bikepacking race. The 1350km route traverses the South Island high country from Cape Farewell in Golden Bay to Slope Point in the Catlins. In this… Continue reading Tour Te Waipounamu: New Zealand’s toughest bikepacking race?!
How does GPS Tracking work?
We often get questions about the differences between different satellite networks and how our tracking works. Here we share an overview of how GPS tracking works, focusing on how the two main satellite networks send and receive messages. It’s useful to understand the differences as they can help you choose appropriate trackers (and emergency communication… Continue reading How does GPS Tracking work?
Indian Pacific Wheel Race
It was a pleasure to track the first Indian Pacific Wheel Race in Australia in 2017. It has just been announced that this event will be running again in 2018. The Indian Pacific Wheel Race is a solo, single-stage, unsupported, 5,500km road cycling race ocean-to-ocean across Australia. Race Director, Jesse Carlsson, did an incredible job… Continue reading Indian Pacific Wheel Race
What’s happening at MAProgess?
We’ve been meaning to get a blog going for a while now. We plan to share a mixture of stories from different events and expeditions, informative blogs on things such as different technologies used in the endurance world and general updates from our team at MAProgress. Lots of exciting things have been happening at MAProgess… Continue reading What’s happening at MAProgess?