With an impressive combined array of "misadventures" to their credit - narrowly avoiding a fireworks catastrophe in China '07, surviving a forced "full pack" march on the Prom in '09, dodging lightning bolts and sheer precipices in Nepal '09, cycling in monsoonal New Zealand weather in '10 and dicing with disaster driving & cycling in France & Spain in 2011 the Fab Five are back in action once again with a planned action packed 800 km cycle across some of the best and steepest scenic areas in all of China !
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The Steep Bits !
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| Forced march - Prom '09 ! |
The group this time is backed up Cairns adventurers Jacquie & Andrew who having listened to the tales of survival (poetically described by neighboursViv & Linton) decided they too are keen for some of the action !
Starting on Sat Aug 30 the cycling takes us from Guiyang to Yangshou in Sth -East China past ethnic minority villages and up, over, along and beside some amazing limestone karst scenery !
The stalwart of adventure "pain" Henley is also back in action having brushed up on his social, cultural and navigational skills that made him an instant legend in UK / Europe in 2011 by his ability to regularly double planned distances by constantly getting lost !
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| Henley back on track in the UK in '11 ! |
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| Henley practicing his social skills in France '11 |
Not only is he back but he is "reborn" having undergone intensive 1-1 training sessions with good friend and never say die (...lie down or get in the bus maybe ..) fellow cyclist and adventurer Marysia Murray !
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| Marysia taking a thinking break on a Warby ride in Melbourne ! |
It all promises to be a fantastic adventure, promising many stories, lots of laughs and heaps of fun with of course just the occasional Tsingtao beer along the way - watch out here we come !
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| 4 of the Fab 5 in action in France in 2011 ! |
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