On June 12th Frank left from the norwegian lighthouse of Slettnes in Barents sea, for a 5280 km trip, 4000 km of cycling, 1280 km canoeing. He got home in Corsica at the lighthouse of Lavezzi on Friday October 5th at 11,46 after a 116 days commitment. Joining the northernmost semaphore of continental Europe to the southernmost one of France was a considerable challenge for Frank who hat to outdo himself every day.
The weather conditions were abominable the first two months on the Barents sea before he reached Mehamn in Norway , then he cycled across Lapland for 1000 km. In Lulea, Sweden, he recovered his kayak to sail across the gulf of Botnie and part of the Baltic sea to Stockholm, 1100 km in 42 days. From there, he cycled across Norway, Germany, Switzerland, Italy down to Tuscany, on a 3000 km ride.
The last thing to do was to reach his hometown of Bonifacio across the Mediterranean sea which had been hard to manage until the last day.
He did not undertake these adventures for a cause...he is the cause of it !
Nicolas Moineau has been a climbing addicted for the last twenty years. Despite a retinitis pigmentosa contracted some time ago, that slowly causes blindness, he continued to exercise his passion, adapting his practice to the evolution of his disease.
He never thought about competition until he was contacted to join the disabled athlete French team. After a brief hesitation, he agrees to join the team and start training hard.
He soon finds himself at the World Championships in Bercy, and on September 15, 2012, the day of the grand final against a Japanese and an Italian, connected by walkie-talkie with his coach that was guiding him, he won the title of World Champion.
An exceptional performance knowing that Nicolas is almost blind. With voice guide combined with a remarkable technique that allowed him to excel, he managed to climb to the highest world level.
Nicolas Bravo, you're simply the best!
Indeed, on saturday 29 september he decided to repeat the unthinkable.
The elements were'nt on his side that day, yet the corsican dolphin, amputated of both arms, entered the water from an Elbe island beach.
Despite strong currents and a real heavy sea, Thierry reached Bastia at 7:45pm, after a 60km journey in a bit more than 15hours.
The handicapped of the World are getting back together for the Paralympics as from 29.08. These sporty 2 weeks will be ending on 09.09 and will see 4000 participants to harvest 500 medals.
After their Channel crossing in September 2010, our two extreme swimmers have decided to get together and to link up the five continents swimming, over four months.
From May 6th – May 19th 2012, they will swim from Oceania to Asia by going from Papua New Guinea to Indonesia.
From June 7th – June 15th, the Asia-Africa link will be from Jordan to Egypt.
From July 9th – 18th, Africa-Europe via the Gibraltar Straits.
And from August 3rd – 19th, 2012, the pair will finish up their world tour by swimming in the freezing waters of the Arctic Ocean (the Bering Strait), from America to Asia.
By the end of their expedition, they will have swum a total distance of no less than 85 kilometers, more than 45 hours of effort, sometimes having to battle against strong currents which hinder their progress, in waters ranging from very warm (up to 27°C in the Red Sea) to freezing (between 0° and 3° in the Arctic Ocean).
We wish them all the best of luck, and will be following their progress throughout.
If you would like to follow them from day to day, as we will be doing, click on the link :
After the sad loss of our friend, the Doctor Jean Florent, we are happy to announce that Alain Amar will succeed as the lead expert for our site ehandicapworldrecords.org.
Alain Amar, as previously Captain of the French Gendarmerie (police force), has first joined us as legal expert. As a field person, he was also present during several challenges organized by Féma in Belgium. Alain has confirmed to us that he would be happy to pursue the mission started by Jean in making sure that the new application files are submitted to the team of experts in a short time with all of the required information that is needed.. Thank you Alain for your commitment to help us.
We were very sad to learn of the death of our friend, Doctor Jean Florent, the patron of the Experts on our site ehandicapworldrecords.org. He had been a member of our team from the very beginning. He was a surgeon, with an immense culture ; he broughtus his medical skills and was present at all our challenges.
Always on hand to help, he was one of our greatest well-wishers.
We are sorry to lose such a great friend, and our thoughts are with his nearest and dearest.
