Adventure Academy

We sit outside and overlook the beautiful Dusi Valley at sundown.  

The Peek sisters are as hardy as they come.  They don't give up and they don't give in!  We discuss their favourite adventures and how often they head in one direction and hope fir the best. The back themselves to get through what ever challenges are thrown their way.

And it comes down to their attitude... The do everything with giggles and laughs.  It is very much evident in this podcast how much they enjoy adventure and do it with such happiness. 

Sit back - Enjoy the laughs. 

 

Fresh off her Back-2-Back Dusi victory, Christie talks us through what it take to balance work and play. 

She is a fierce competitor on the water but at the same time a humble and friendly with her rivals. She is who she is because of the supportive people that surround her. Hamish, her brother as well as a big role model, plays a big role in helping Christie achieve her goals.  Clint is her biggest fan and exceptional paddler to but everyone plays a role to help her achieve the results she sets herself. 

A funny and honest podcast that gives us some insight what goes through a top athletes head when the chaos erupts or when the plan goes to plan. Christie gives us her perspective of the 2019 Dusi end sprint against Tamika Haw. 

Enjoy the show. 

This episode will leave you in hysterics.  A podcast that has one of the fittest, funniest and bladdy sportiest family in the country sitting in the lounge talking Dusi War Stories.  The Haw family runs and own many sporting events and between the members of this great family they each play big role in the Sani2C, Dusi2C, SwimRun, Glencairn Trail Run, Awaken Yoga festival. 

It is not often that they are all together,  Farmer Glen is normally up at 3am checking in his Diary while Murray and TJ are doing the same across the valley. OG is paddling up a storm at sunrise and Tamika is running or riding through the many trails surrounding their homes. Mother Mandy is taking there 12 dogs for their morning  walk.  Yanky and Housty start each day with a breath of fresh air over looking the Sani pass Valley and find themselves running,paddling,hiking, or riding some amazing trails. 

This podcast is full of Haw Banter, Stories, jokes and passion.  Enjoy it.  

The queen of kindness... Tamika Haw reflects on her many years of adventure. Being brought up in the Haw family, no one sit still for long than a few minutes and with that being her lifestyle its a no wonder that before finishing school she has ridden from PMB to Cape Town and circumnavigated Mauritius Island. 

The podcast was recorded in Tamika & OG's Living room.  A beautiful comfy home among natural bush and tons of places to train. 

Tamiks relives her Dusi adventures, taking us through her 2019 end sprint and 2020 victory. 

A great human and passionate adventure... A future role model for our up and coming sportstars.

Travis Smith & Nhlanhla Cele  got in to a boat together a few hours before the start. There first paddle was 8km to low level before they took on the Mighty 120km Dusi Canoe Marathon. 

The race never went to plan but that did not stop these die hard legends from achieving their Dusi dream.  A wrapped boat on Day 2 meant a cumulative half marathon of portaging but they made it.  A wrapped boat 22km from the end on Day 3 did not stop these legends from sharing pieces of the boat and running all the way to blue lagoon. 

Listen to their story of how they did everything in their power to get that Dusi medal.  The duo of a hot headed and passionate paddler coupled with a cool calm and collected runner work together, never once thinking of giving up.  Running about 40% of the Dusi to get their medal. 

A funny, heart filled podcast that will leave you finishing what you start regardless of the challenges. 

This podcast is very different to all the rest.  It took a very spiritual and philosophical approach to adventure and i guess that is exactly how one feels after being on a river for 670km living off the land. 

Gav Shuter, the Mayor of Rat & Parrot talks us through the crazy amazing adventure he has completed.  670km along the orange, Missions on the Fish, Source to sea on the Umkomaas and tripping down many of the big rivers through the Transkei.

Gav is brave and fearless paddler and tells us about his sleep over plans, his interactions with the locals and the feeling one gets being alone amongst the leopards and hyneas. 

Enjoy this podcast - its one for the books 

For years Stu Mac hammered at every session he possibly could with the ultimate goal of achieving his dream bringing home the gold. 

Morning sessions, afternoon sessions and gym sessions. You name it, Stu mac was doing it.  Consistently getting 3rd, Consistently not getting through until one day when it all changed. 

The first major win on the calendar and from there it all opened. 

Enjoy this podcast where Stu mac explains that hard work and dedication will lead to you achieving your goals if you just keep the discipline. 

Goosebumps stuff for 32 minutes...

Scotty Rogers, Commonly known as the mayor of lugs talks us through his 6 magical days on the 100km Amatola Trail in the Eastern Cape.  

A banterful episode talking all things trail and the unknown beauty that you will find in this hidden gem of a trail.  

The Mayor and his amazing girlfriend Mix, left on boxing day 2020, Road-tripping to the music of Johnny Clegg and LBM and hiked for 6 days through amazing fairy like forests. The diversity of this land is something to behold and Scotty does his best to try and describe the absolute beauty. 

Go on, give it a listen.  You wont be disappointed.

Completing the Dusi is an epic achievement but doing it with a family member is a completely different dynamic. 

The Taylor brothers talk to us whats its been like racing Dusi, Comrades and Nonstop over the last 10 years.  The combination that every knows for their "pink" touch. 

The boys talk us through their fights, their laughs and their humbling lessons the Dusi Valley has taught them. 

Dusi is not all about the top guns racing down the Dusi... more than half the field is made up with the fish the chip paddlers who have amazing war stories to share. 

Finnie9 talks us through his last 6 years of paddling and how his determination and dedication has changed his life.  Wrapped boats and broken dreams does not stop this legend from conquering his Dusi. 

Have a listen to your very own home grown hero of the river.