The Best Quest

Dykes wrote that he was in pain upon departing Panzhihua, the city at the river's halfway point, but it was not immediately clear what injuries he was suffering from. He is now walking solo and, although he has been finding that a difficult challe...(more)

Maldague continues the cycling portion of his journey through Mexico. After spending a few days touring around the historical town of San Luis Potosi, he continued through part of the mountainous mid-section of Mexico, the Sierra Madre Oriental. H...(more)

Marie and Nil have continued to make their way along the Via Dinarica trail in Croatia. For three days they were joined by a surprise new companion. A friendly shepherd dog, that they named Cerna (black in Croatian), decided he would like to join ...(more)

Butter's first marathon of 2019 was in Islamabad, Pakistan. After a belated Christmas break, he found it difficult to get back into a rhythm, describing marathon 101 as "horrendous.” It was a cold, wet run thanks to constant rain. Butter was for...(more)

In our last update, Salopek was mourning the death of his donkey Raju. Raju, the seventh donkey employed during Salopek's expedition, is his first pack-animal to have died. A charismatic companion, Raju had accompanied Salopek for a thousand miles...(more)