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Lowest to Highest - Australia

World Expedition Lowest to Highest - Australia


Paul Pritchard, Duncan, Conrad, Walter and Daniel all have their own disabilities but  they will cycle 2000+kms from sand to snow this coming September/October. The expedition will be filmed by Rummin Productions for an inspirational and hopefully humorous documentary.

From the salt encrusted and sometimes muddy Lake Eyre , the lowest place in Australia, to the highest peak of our continent; Mount Kosciuszko  (2228 meters above sea level). Five people with five different disabilities riding modified bicycles from Lake Eyre to the summit of Australia, Mount Kosciusko (2228 meters above sea level). Our journey will cover a distance of 2100 km with the first 700km being mainly on sandy desert tracks. What could possibly go wrong.

What is a standard cycle for an able bodied cyclist might be the ultimate challenge for Walter Van Praag with 35% lung function (due to Cystic Fibrosis ) or Daniel Kojta who is paraplegic and uses a hand-cycle. What is an easy hill climb for another is sure to be testing for someone like Paul Pritchard with half a working body (Hemiplegia ). Paul will ride a tandem recumbent trike  with Duncan Meerding, who is legally blind, thereby being his eyes.

We will work together to form a strong team and if we succeed it will be the first time anyone has ridden from the lowest point to the highest point of Australia in a single journey. The documentary will be filmed by award winning film maker and photographer Matthew Newton.

Riding from Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre) to Mt Kosciuszko will require us to have a good support vehicle which we currently do not have. Maybe a rental 4WD with trailer. We ned transport to the start from Tasmania and back (including the Spirit of Tasmania.

We aim to complete the ride in six weeks beginning the ride around the 15th September and aiming to arrive on the summit of Kosciuszko in the 1st week of November. During the ride we will also have online campaigns to collect for relevant associations and we will hold public talks along the way wherever we go. Of course we intend to get good media coverage as well, which Walter and Paul have enjoyed over the past decade with their past escapades.

Accommodation will be mostly camping and a handful of B&Bs, pubs, and homesteads.

We would appreciate help with funding ocasional accommodation expenses and square meals when and where we come across them. We will need team items such as first aid kits, food supplements, bike repair and maintenance bits and pieces, technological expenses to cover communications and internet perhaps....

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Walter J Van Praag
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Cheviot, NZ

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