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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest News from Clark Carter</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/</link><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/NewsFromClarkCartercom" /><description></description><language>en</language><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</managingEditor><lastBuildDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:37:32 PST</lastBuildDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">23</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><feedburner:info xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" uri="newsfromclarkcartercom" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:emailServiceId xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0">NewsFromClarkCartercom</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0">http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><item><title>Bass Strait Expedition</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2012/01/bass-straight-expedition.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:37:32 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-496595492839380981</guid><description>I'm seriously excited to announce that in a few weeks, I'll be rowing across the Bass Strait with fellow adventures Ben Turner and Margaret Bowling. We'll be launching from Wilsons Promontory in Victoria and rowing our way south across the infamous Bass Strait, down the east coast of Tasmania and into the states capital (and Margaret's home town) Hobart. We expect the voyage to take about 12 days or so, depending on what the weather gods have to say. We'll be doing it in a 7m ocean rowing boat.  It's not the kindest stretch of water and we're taking all precautions necessary to make it as safe as possible. It's going to be a pretty demanding trip in it's own right, but believe it or not, it's also a training run for Ben. In April Ben will leave Australia for Peru, where he'll set off in his 7m row boat into the sunset. His aim&amp;hellip;. row to AUSTRALIA. That's right, 13,00km across the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Australia&amp;hellip; SOLO. He plans on taking up to a year to complete the expedition. So stay tuned, we'll keep you updated on our progress across the Bass. &lt;br /&gt;In the mean time, check out Ben's Pacific row website: &lt;a href="http://www.benturner.com.au" rel="external"&gt;www.BenTurner.com.au&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-496595492839380981?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-01-20T07:37:32.981+11:00</app:edited></item><item><title>North Pole Wrap Up</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2011/05/north-pole-wrap-up.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 19:01:03 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-5882729974309815395</guid><description>What can I say.... the North Pole is CRAZY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've just spent the last forty days skiing from the North Pole to Canada's Ward Hunt Island as part of &lt;a href="http://www.poletopolerun.com" rel="external"&gt;Pat Farmers&lt;/a&gt; epic journey to run from the North Pole to the South Pole. My job on the arctic  leg of the journey was to film and send back one minute of footage each and every day from the ice. No expedition had ever sent so much video before and we were told numerous times it couldn't be done. But like all good trips, we proved those nay sayers wrong. Granted, the reality of sending out so much footage was a tad harder than it first sounded, but at the end of the day I came up with a pretty sexy little system that did the trick. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All in all, the expedition was long, difficult, dangerous and things broke, stuff went wrong but the team held it together and it was a very successful trip. Eric Phillips (the guide) was amazing. He has a wealth of information and knows how to manage a team. Pat Farmer, who may I add, had never done anything remotely like this or set foot in the arctic before - took the daily toils and troubles in his stride and proved he is one tough cookie. Jose Naranjo (the cameraman) was, as we expected, a fun guy who not only managed to ski the distance, but film the whole adventure - the good times, bad times and ridiculously cold times!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a great experience for me and no doubt will hold off my need to visit cold and unforgiving environments for some time. I plan to spend the remainder of this year finishing off all my existing projects before I open up any more. These include finishing two documentaries (my &lt;a href="expeditions/victoria_island_2008/" rel="self" title="Victoria Island 2008"&gt;1000 Hour Day&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="expeditions/sepik_river_2010/" rel="self" title="Sepik River 2010"&gt;Sepik River &lt;/a&gt;expeditions) as well as a few other projects I have been running. I start back at the &lt;a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news" rel="external"&gt;Australian Broadcasting Corporation&lt;/a&gt; next week, so between now and then I shall enjoy some well earn't rest and plenty of steaks, burgers and beer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As always, you can check out some pics from my recent jaunt up north on the &lt;a href="gallery/north_pole_2011/" rel="self" title="North Pole 2011"&gt;gallery&lt;/a&gt; section of this website and if you have any questions or comments, feel free to &lt;a href="contact/" rel="self" title="contact"&gt;contact&lt;/a&gt; me any time.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-5882729974309815395?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-05-31T12:01:03.521+10:00</app:edited></item><item><title>Pole to Pole</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2011/02/pole-to-pole.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:59:25 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-3023709081565739866</guid><description>I'm pleased to announce that I'll be joining ultra-marathon runner &lt;a href="http://www.poletopolerun.com" rel="external"&gt;Pat Farmer&lt;/a&gt; and Aussie polar guide &lt;a href="http://www.icetrek.com" rel="external"&gt;Eric Philips&lt;/a&gt; as we ski from the North Pole to the northern tip of Ward Hunt Island in Canada starting April this year. My job (among other things) will be to lug about 20 kilograms of satellite communications equipment in my already ridiculously heavy sled and send out one minute of video each and every day whilst on the ice. Although this will be an epic journey, and quite possibly the toughest trip of my life, it's only stage one for Pat Farmer. He will be running from the North Pole to the South Pole! Yes... pole to pole. The plan for Pat is to ski from the North Pole to Canada, then run down the Americas, including through infamous the Darien Gap. Once at the southern tip of South America, he'll fly to the coast of Antarctica and ski to the south pole. To do this and to make each polar season, he will need to run a minimum of two marathons a day... every day. That's a minimum of 80 kilometres every day for a year! And it's all for a good cause. He aims to use this expedition to raise $100 million for clean water projects around the world. &lt;br /&gt;We fly to Svalbard in Norway for two weeks of polar preparations, before flying to the North Pole on April 2nd.&lt;br /&gt;Check out the website: &lt;a href="http://www.poletopolerun.com" rel="external"&gt;www.PoletoPoleRun.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.poletopolerun.com" rel="external"&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="P2P-Route-Globe" src="http://www.clarkcarter.com/files/p2p-route-globe.jpg" width="480" height="519"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-3023709081565739866?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-02-07T12:59:25.998+11:00</app:edited></item><item><title>Book launch and doco</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2010/11/book-launch-and-doco.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:19:20 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-7969222180525983701</guid><description>Well it's official, Chris' book is now in all good book stores and is flying off the shelves, just in time for Christmas!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;We're so happy to finally have a product to show people what it was like crossing Victoria Island. It's been received really well so far and we're amazed at the amount of publicity the book has had. We've been interviewed by the Sunrise morning team of Channel 7, had a feature story on the 730 Report for ABC, and been on MMM radio, been in the Sydney Morning Herald and even got into the 'best of ABC' section of their website.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oh and apparently we've got faces like the back of a bus... wait.... we've got our face ON the back of a bus! That's right, an advertisement for our book is now plastered on the back of hundred's of buses driving around all the major cities around the country. Awesome :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What next??? Well the pressure is certainly on to get the documentary finished on our expedition. We've got some awesome footage that we can't wait to release to the world, but we're still a little short of cash to finish the job. We still need to pay for colour grading and sound mixing etc.. and are on the hunt for about AU$20,000 to have a fully finished, shinny new doco.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So if you've read the book (nice work by the way Chris), and are now busting to watch the doco, simply click the 'donate now' button below to donate any amount you wish to the cause.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_AU/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online."&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_AU/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;br&gt;Or, if you know anybody who has a spare $20,000 lying around, we're willing to take it off their hands :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the mean time, have a look at the 730 Report video.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;object width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TZ7IvrJL9Os?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TZ7IvrJL9Os?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-7969222180525983701?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-11-18T12:19:20.557+11:00</app:edited></item><item><title>A fellow Ocean Rower (to be)...</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2010/05/visit-from-fellow-ocean-rower-to-be.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:21:28 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-8303181319338753047</guid><description>Well it's been a hectic last three months working at the ABC. I've been doing six days a week which is CRAZY, but also great fun. In my spare time (i use the word loosely) I've been working on the risk management document for my solo Indian Ocean row. In my research I've found out there's another Aussie crazy enough to row solo across the Ocean - in fact he is three times as crazy because he's planning to row solo across the PACIFIC! He goes by the name of Ben Turner and he's 25 years old as well. After talking with him, he really seems like a well grounded fellow and I'm confident he will make it not only to the start of his row, but finish it. Check out his website &lt;a href="http://www.BenTurner.com.au/" rel="external"&gt;www.BenTurner.com.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ben lives in Melbourne, but was in Sydney for a couple of days last week. I miraculously had two free days and got to hang out with him during his time here. I took him out rowing in an old open boat in Sydney harbour which was great fun. It was good to be back at the oars. We also had a look at my old Ocean rowing boat 'Noakes Youth'. It was sad looking at it all alone, sitting on top of a shipping container wrapped in tarps, but Ben enjoyed it as he had not yet seen a real Ocean rowing boat in person.&lt;br /&gt;During our various outings, we had lunch with Justin and James from crossing the ditch. You may remember them as the two crazy lads who kayaked from Australia to New Zealand a couple of years ago. The 'boys' are always good value and its never a dull moment in their company. James and Justin are helping Ben out with various pieces of advice to help him on his way.&lt;br /&gt;All in all, it was fantastic to meet Ben and hear about his plans and I'm looking forward to working parallel with him as I go about my own Indian Ocean mission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-8303181319338753047?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-16T14:21:28.395+10:00</app:edited></item><item><title>Australian Geographic Blog</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2010/04/australian-geographic-guest-blog.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:21:27 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-8922415736974230256</guid><description>A while ago I wrote a short piece for &lt;a href="http://www.australiangeograhic.com.au" target="_blank"&gt;Australian Geographic Magazine&lt;/a&gt; about navigation in the age of technology. It's up on their blog now, so if you feel like a read - &lt;a href="http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/navigating-the-21st-century.htm"&gt;check it out&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/navigating-the-21st-century.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9uWiWwFic_g/S9e3mD-U4JI/AAAAAAAAAbw/L-dw0CnccTc/s320/ClarkCarter_port.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465038537367019666" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-8922415736974230256?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-16T14:21:27.279+10:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9uWiWwFic_g/S9e3mD-U4JI/AAAAAAAAAbw/L-dw0CnccTc/s72-c/ClarkCarter_port.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></item><item><title>Fellow Aussie to row the Pacific</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2010/04/fellow-aussie-to-row-pacific.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:21:26 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-4528188662787141069</guid><description>This is just a quick update to alert everyone to fellow Aussie adventurer.. Ben Turner.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In a nutshell, he's 25 yrs old, he lives in Melbourne, and in 2012 he's planning to row solo from Peru to Australia..... CRAZY!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I like him because he's not only attempting a kick-ass adventure, but he seems to have a great attitude about it as well. The most important thing I've learnt over the last few years is that attitude is everything. Anyone can get fit, bulk up, learn the skills and raise the cash... but when you're hundreds, if not thousands of km's from the nearest human, and your cold, tired and hungry... you start to question why it is that you're out there, and if you've got what it takes. This is when attitude comes in handy... because if you're not careful, all of these doubts can overcome even the hardiest of explorers. Think positive, even to the point of nonsense... and things usually work out.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you look at some of the successful expeditions compared to the failures... it usually comes down to one of three things: luck, preparation, and attitude. The first you can't really do much about, and is an intrinsic part of adventure. Preparation comes down to giving yourself enough lead up time to make sure the expedition is well planned and well organised. The third one, for me, is very important - because you can't change a situation, but you can change your perception of it, and this can mean the difference between success and failure.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you dwell on the negatives - and there will be PLENTY of them - you will drown in a pit of despair. If instead, you choose to look at the positive side of these problems, then you may keep your sanity and manage to pull through till the end. Mind you, sometimes the positives may be very hard to find, but they are always there, hidden amongst the bad stuff... you just need to dig deep sometimes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It seems Ben has a good attitude towards his planned adventure and I wish him all the best. I'll be following his progress closely as I'll be on my own solo row the year after.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Check out his website:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.www.benturner.com.au"&gt;www.BenTurner.com.au&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and a recent article:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://knox-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/ben-s-oarsome-journey/"&gt;http://knox-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/ben-s-oarsome-journey/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br class="webkit-block-placeholder"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uWiWwFic_g/S84_Wn96ukI/AAAAAAAAAbo/Jehh2MdS6JI/s1600/bens_oarsome_journey.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uWiWwFic_g/S84_Wn96ukI/AAAAAAAAAbo/Jehh2MdS6JI/s320/bens_oarsome_journey.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462373055965346370" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-4528188662787141069?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-16T14:21:26.118+10:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uWiWwFic_g/S84_Wn96ukI/AAAAAAAAAbo/Jehh2MdS6JI/s72-c/bens_oarsome_journey.jpeg" height="72" width="72" /></item><item><title>Graduation</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2010/03/graduation.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:21:24 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-4152325469930510970</guid><description>Say hello to Sydney's newest graduate! Yep it's been five years but I've made it.... Earlier this week I attended my graduation ceremony for Uni. I now have a degree in Media and Communication, with a film major. Should come in handy for filming my various adventures anyway.&amp;nbsp;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So what else is new? Well, I'm happily working as a news producer for the ABC in Sydney and am working through the details of my planned solo row across the Indian.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Also have some big plans for later this year... more to come. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Since I'm not currently on any exciting expeditions for you to follow I suggest you check out this guy... Tom Smitheringale... &amp;nbsp;He is a fellow Aussie who is currently slogging his way to the North Geographic Pole, solo and unsupported. If successful, he will become only the third man in history to complete this ridiculously difficult task.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.onemanepic.com"&gt;www.OneManEpic.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;I wish you lots of luck and good conditions Tom.&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br class="Apple-interchange-newline"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-4152325469930510970?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-16T14:21:24.987+10:00</app:edited></item><item><title>Tasman Trespasser II</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2010/02/tasman-trespasser-ii.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:17:53 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-3563053147995425545</guid><description>Just in case you have not been following his progress, check out Shaun Quincey's website &lt;a href="http://www.TasmanTrespasser.com/" target="_blank"&gt;www.TasmanTrespasser.com&lt;/a&gt; - he is currently rowing solo across the notorious Tasman sea from Australia to New Zealand.&lt;br /&gt;His Dad, Collin, did it first, in the late 70's and now Collin is following in his Dad's footsteps. He is about a third of the way across and has a remarkable attitude, GO SHAUN! Also, he is twittering his experiences and I read that he just bumped into a whale that was way bigger than his boat - what a nutter!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-3563053147995425545?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-16T14:17:53.559+10:00</app:edited></item><item><title>Happy (Belated) New Year!</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2010/02/happy-belated-new-year.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:17:52 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-3471528830452558750</guid><description>Happy New year, well happy 2 months into the year anyway. The first part of the Year started rather relaxingly for me. I took a holiday to Bali and Lombok in Indonesia which was awesome. Not because I got to climb any volcanos or go trekking through Jungle, but because I got to spend two weeks with my girlfriend, sitting by the pool with a cocktail in hand. It was my first real holiday in years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Holidays aside, I've been busy with my hands in a few pies. Work on getting the 1000 Hour Day doco funded is progressing well and as you can see I've given my website a bit of a spring clean. Feel free to click the link at the top of the page to subscribe to this blog via email.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wrote a little piece for&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/" target="_blank"&gt;Australian Geographic&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;last week which was fun. It was a 'tip and tricks' sort of thing for filming in the field. You can read it&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/filming-in-the-field-with-clark-carter.htm" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-3471528830452558750?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-16T14:17:52.510+10:00</app:edited></item><item><title>Astronauts and Doco's</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2009/12/astronauts-and-docos.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:17:51 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-7051637824929229233</guid><description>Its been a while since my last update but i'll do my best to fill you in on the last month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, since finishing Uni, my life has been split between saving money, trying to find a 'real' film job and get the Victoria Island documentary up and running (amongst festive season stuff!) and out of the usual stuff I have two bits of news to report.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) I may be going into space&lt;br /&gt;2) Our doco is now officially supported by Andrew Denton's production company '&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zof.com.au/" target="_blank"&gt;Zapruder's Other Films'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Shall I leave it at that? Or do i need to explain myself?... OK I shall explain away&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During my various job hunting sessions, looking for some film work now that I've got a film degree and all, i occasionally stumble upon audition requests. For example, the Ch 7 show that I was a finalist to be on until they pulled the plug on the show (see previous blog entry). It seems I also applied for another show&amp;nbsp;which is a world wide competition to send two people into space as civilian astronauts. Anyway, long story short - i am a contestant, which means i will at least be in the first episode. Fingers crossed i make it through each and every episode until i'm in orbit! At the moment all the details are very vague, so don't hold your breath that this will eventuate into anything, but holy cow, how amazing would it be to be a fully fledged astronaut! Apparently more details will be sent my way post xmas and filming starts May next year. Will definitely keep you updated with that one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now onto the doco side of things.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.distractedmediaonline.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Distracted Media&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;have partnered with&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zof.com.au/" target="_blank"&gt;Zapruders Other Films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;to work together on the documentary about Chris and my crossing of Victoria Island, tentatively called &lt;em&gt;The Crossing. &lt;/em&gt;Very cool stuff considering&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zof.com.au/" target="_blank"&gt;Zapruders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;have a zillion awards under their belt. Now we're playing with the big boys! Will keep you posted on any progress with the doco - the ball has started rolling!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To infinity and beyond...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-7051637824929229233?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-16T14:17:51.449+10:00</app:edited></item><item><title>TV shows, degrees and kayaking</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2009/10/tv-shows-degrees-and-kayaking.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:17:50 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-8719748566607863179</guid><description>Hi all,&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A lot has been happening over the last month and a lot more in the next coming months. I thought I'd send a quick update to keep you posted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A couple of weeks ago I managed to somehow get through to the final round of interviews for a new TV show for Channel 7. In a nutshell it would have involved me flying all over the World filming travel stories and the possibility of winnning a large cash prize at the end of the season. The day I was to find out if was the "Chosen One" however, the channel decided to pull the plug on the show - talk about an anti-climax!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've also FINALY finished my degree this last week. Its been five years in the making, and many adventures/deferred semesters later - i'm officially a media and communications&amp;nbsp;graduate with a film major!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last weekend I paddled 100km down the Hawkesbury river just north of Sydney as part of the annual Hawkesbury Canoe Classic. For some stupid reason, I decided to do it in the aluminium kayak I built for my 1000hourday expedition in 2005. It was like trying to paddle a landcruiser! Anyway - needless to say, Chris (who'm also paddled in his arctic kayak) and I got disqualified 12 km from the finish line after 19 hours of paddling. Apparently all the other paddlers finished a few hours previous &amp;nbsp;and we were well past the cut-off time. Either way it was a fun night (did i mention it was a night time paddle?) and despite falling asleep once or twice mid paddle and waking up in the reeds I had a great time. Next year though Chris and I might do it in normal kayaks. Thanks to everyone who gave us donations for the bone marrow charity and especially to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.aquapac.com/" target="_blank"&gt;AQUAPAC&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.skins.net.au/au/en/default.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;SKINS&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/" target="_blank"&gt;AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for helping us out also.\&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lastely, I'm planning a trip to Indonesia with my girlfriend Bea in Jan - does anyone have any secret spots they would like to share?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-8719748566607863179?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-16T14:17:50.156+10:00</app:edited></item><item><title>1000 Hour Day Doco</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2009/09/1000-hour-day-doco.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:17:48 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-9221635645615773183</guid><description>Over the last few months there has been some good progress with the 1000 Hour Day documentary, affectionately named "The Crossing" for now. Julien Harvey and Enzo Tedeschi from&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.distractedmediaonline.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Distracted Media&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;have been fantastic in working on getting funding for the doco and sorting through the countless hours of footage I took during the 2005 and 2008 expeditions. Earlier in the week they had a screening at the Chauvel Cinema in Sydney with some trailers of their up and coming films (including &lt;em&gt;The Crossing) &lt;/em&gt;as well as two short films. The night was a hit and the trailer was well received. I'll post a link to the trailer once we get ourselves sorted out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-9221635645615773183?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-16T14:17:48.948+10:00</app:edited></item><item><title>Sydney Marathon</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2009/09/sydney-marathon.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:17:47 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-5440874081364487596</guid><description>Last Sunday I ran in the Sydney running festival to finish my first marathon. 42 kilometres and 4 1/2 hours later I finished - not the fastest time in the world but i'm happy to finally confront my fear of running. Yes funny any adventurer not liking something simple like running. Anyway, all went well and apart from a few sore joints and muscles i'm one happy explorer. Next task is to train for the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.canoeclassic.asn.au/" target="_blank"&gt;Hawkesbury Canoe Classic&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;a 111 km kayak race down the Hawkesbury river just North of Sydney. It is going to be an awesome race under the full moon in October. Although since i'll be doing the race in my 2005 PAC (Paddleable Amphibious Cart) with&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.chrisbray.net/" target="_blank"&gt;Chris Bray&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;we will probably take about 24 hours instead of the usual 9 or 10 in a normal kayak. Either way, its going to be awesome!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-5440874081364487596?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-16T14:17:47.945+10:00</app:edited></item><item><title>Hawkesbury Classic</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2009/09/hawkesbury-classic.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:17:46 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-7690814026235729471</guid><description>Late October this year, my mate Chris and I are both entering the 'Hawkesbury Classic' which is an annual 111 km marathon canoe race overnight down the Hawkesbury River. Apart from having a bit of 'fun', the aim is to raise money for the Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation to 'give hope to people suffering from diseases treatable by bone marrow and adult stem cell transplants'. It's open to kayaks as well as canoes, and so for the fun of it, Chris and I are dragging out our 2005-expedition PACs from under the house. We're going to enter the race in those orange, home-made aluminium wheeled kayaks that we lived out of across the first 300km of Victoria Island. As they already have Australian Geographic logos conveniently on the sides, AG have kindly agreed to pay our entry fee, but we need to raise at least $200 each for the charity.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-7690814026235729471?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-16T14:17:46.817+10:00</app:edited></item><item><title>The Training Has Begun</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2009/08/training-has-begun.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:17:45 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-5262860502422108868</guid><description>"What's this twist with your Antarctic expedition Clark?" I hear you say... Well we are revealing this twist soon, but not just yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can however, tell you that training has begun. Because&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.crossingtheditch.com.au/" target="_blank"&gt;Jonesy&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.crossingtheditch.com.au/" target="_blank"&gt;Cass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and I have not worked together as a complete team before, and seeing as we'll be working together for the next couple of years on the Antarctic Expedition, we have made it a big priority to train together as much as possible from an early stage. Nothing like a bit of pain and suffering for team bonding hey!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Included in this training regime is a Marathon at the end of next month and a 111 km kayak race in Oct. Good fun! Also, a big welcome to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.aquapac.net/usstore/erol.html#1X0" target="_blank"&gt;AQUAPAC&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;on becoming my newest sponsor. These guys make some awesome waterproof cases which Chris and I used for our iPod whilst in the Arctic and what i use during my kayak training on Sydney Harbor. Thanks guys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stay tuned for the next BIG trip to be revealed soon....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clark&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-5262860502422108868?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-16T14:17:45.529+10:00</app:edited></item><item><title>Life in society</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2009/05/life-in-society.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:17:44 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-7739946459462361247</guid><description>Well its been around 10 months since returning from the depths of Victoria Island and expedition life in general so I thought i'd give a brief rundown with what i've been up to and what my plans are for the future.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As soon as Chris and I stepped back on Aussie soil, i pretty much went straight back into training and fundraising because I had only 7 months before I was due to row across the Indian Ocean with my mate Ryan Storey. Well... for those of you who have been following my progress know that we had a few setbacks which we weren't able to recover from and thus the Indian has been put aside (for now!). So.... now that I wasn't going to be spending the first half of the year in a little row boat on my way to Africa, I thought I'd move to Sydney and re-enroll&amp;nbsp;back at University to finally finish that bloody film degree. It's a three year degree and when I finish in November this year it will have been six years in the making for me! I guess thats what happens when you try to mix adventure with University. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, right now i'm living like you're average Joe. I'm a poor student paying rent and in debt from the aborted Indian row. I'm currently working with wiz-bang producer/editor &lt;a href="http://www.gotthenakproductions.com/home.html" target="_blank"&gt;Julien Harvey&lt;/a&gt; to get funding for the Victoria Island documentary and have secured the rights to all the teams footage from the Indian Ocean rowing race 2009 and plan on making a documentary for that when they all get back on dry land. This race is still in action and the fastest teams are just crossing half way now -&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.indianoceanrowingrace09.com/" target="_blank"&gt;check it out&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've just started hiring an enclosure for my kayak right at Point Piper in Sydney Harbour down the road from my apartment so will be enjoying some nice early morning kayaks around the harbor and past the heads this Winter!&lt;br /&gt;I'm also taking advantage of this seemingly normal year to wedge my foot in the door of the film industry and get some film experience. Know anybody who needs a crazy cameraman?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chris Bray and I have also started applying to speaking bureaus to kick start our brand spanking new keynote presentation packages. Oh... i've also got another trip in the making so stay tuned for that one.... a little hint, its not going to be as warm as the Indian Ocean.... soon all will be revealed, this one will be a doozy!&lt;br /&gt;Do you like my dork photo below, from now on its only kayaking or cycling to get places around the city!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-7739946459462361247?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-16T14:17:44.445+10:00</app:edited></item><item><title>Indian Ocean Rowing Race</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2009/05/indian-ocean-rowing-race.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:17:43 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-6420669213748272321</guid><description>So who's been following the Indian Ocean Rowing Race this year? Well I know I have, since I can't be in it, I may as well watch&amp;nbsp;obsessively&amp;nbsp;as those little dots make their way across my computer screen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If your like me, you'll start out going "OK cool look at them out there in the Indian Ocean", then the next day you'll check again to see whats happened since you last looked, then a few hours later that day you'll check again, and before you know it you're clicking refresh every hour to see what the latest is. To give you a brief run down, the race started 23 days ago with 10 teams departing Geraldton, Western Australia - Four teams of four, four teams of two and two solo rowers. Within the first day, one of the solo rowers pulled out with steering problems and a pair boat pulled out because of broken ribs from a rogue wave. The next day saw the only Aussie entry, a team of four from W.A. pull out because they were leaking water into their aft cabin. A few days later saw a very strong team of two pull out because of equipment problems and they lost their para anchor. Nine days into the race an eight man crew departed Gerladton with the aim of making a speed record crossing of the Indian - they are now coming in at fours place after catching up and overtaking some of the other teams.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, including the eight man boat there are now seven teams left in the race. Compare this to the 30 or so in the Atlantic rowing races and it becomes clear that this is not so much a race, but a crossing with the hope to make it all the way.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the team of fours - the only girl team is in the lead, showing all the guys how its done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The solo rower was just behind them until a day ago when the pairs boats finally caught up and... well - you can check it out on the&amp;nbsp;race&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.indianoceanrowingrace09.com/" target="_blank"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to see how the teams are progressing and read the updates live from the Indian.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please if you do visit the site - make sure you send a message to the teams because I know just how motivating it is for them to receive these messages. Even send a dirty joke or two if you like - i'm sure they'll appreciate it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-6420669213748272321?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-16T14:17:43.245+10:00</app:edited></item><item><title>Contact Page Fixed</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2009/04/contact-page-fixed.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:17:42 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-2654939243950172893</guid><description>Well as of yesterday I realised that my contact page was sending to a &lt;br /&gt;'nothing' email address ie. &lt;a href="mailto:domain@user.com" target="_blank"&gt;domain@user.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As soon as I resolved this problem I received an email from someone &lt;br /&gt;through the website. This lead me to think - oh oh, how many people &lt;br /&gt;tried to contact me and never got a reply.&lt;br /&gt;This blog entry is to say that "No, i was not ignoring you. I just &lt;br /&gt;didnt get your message because I'm a goose". My mistake and sorry if &lt;br /&gt;you never received a reply.&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, it all works now so by all means, contact away!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-2654939243950172893?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-16T14:17:42.138+10:00</app:edited></item><item><title>Indian Ocean Rowing Race Start</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2009/04/indian-ocean-rowing-race-start.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:17:40 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-5242670841129181355</guid><description>Well i may not have been able to enter in this years rowing race, but the least I could do was be in Geraldton for the start (after all I did already have a plane ticket there).&lt;br /&gt;I had mixed feelings arriving in Geraldton, split between sadness and regret that I was not a part of the race, and joy in seeing the other competitors in all their glory after so much banter and emails sent over the last two years.&lt;br /&gt;After i got over my initial bought of insane crazy jealousy it was great to catch up with all the teams and see how their boats were kitted out and how well prepared everybody was. All the teams were so nice and felt bad they didnt have an Aussie team to swap mid Ocean banter with. I did get to take loads of snap shots of the boats and the various ways the guys (and gals) had set them up for y own crossing hopefully in 2011. I was also able to take some video footage and interview each of the teams, who all agreed to give me their footage when they return so I can at least live vicariously through them and make a documentary on the first ever "Indian Ocean Rowing Race".&lt;br /&gt;I was also able to meet up briefly with Simon Chalk, the main man behind Woodvale-Challenge and rowed the Indian Ocean solo in 2003. He is full of useful info and will be a great help in the next few months for getting my campaign up and running for (hopefully) the 2011 Indian Ocean race.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, if your interested you should take a peek at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.indianoceanrowingrace09.com/" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.indianoceanrowingrace09.com/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to follow the progress of the teams as they race their way to Mauritius. Its been only a few days but their have already been a couple of teams dropping out and one of the solo rowers, Mick Moran is starting again from Geraldton after needing a tow on the first day. Be careful though, its addictive to watch!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I am now re-invigorated to row the Indian and am considering one of two options. Either I row solo or double in 2011. Both have their good or bad points, but i will see how this years race pans out whilst I consider my options. In the mean time, if I indeed go as a double, I will need a new rowing partner as Ryan is not able to do the 2011. Any volunteers?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-5242670841129181355?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-16T14:17:40.914+10:00</app:edited></item><item><title>Teva Shoes</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2009/04/teva-shoes.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:17:39 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-3103534144584216239</guid><description>I'd just like to thank Paul and Steve from &lt;a href="http://www.truealliance.com.au/" target="_blank"&gt;True Alliance&lt;/a&gt; who have generously supplied me with some fancy water shoes and sandals by &lt;a href="http://www.teva.com/"&gt;Teva&lt;/a&gt;. These will be perfect for those moments we know all too well where you get out of your kayak or other such water paddling device only to find that your surrounded by rocks with oysters, reef, or maybe just mud that smells like a port-a-loo! I'm looking forward to testing these out over the next few weeks and between you and me they will be perfect for a little adventure I have been secretly plotting (I'll let you know when i confirm some details).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So... if your ever in need of footware that is just at home in the water as on land - visit the &lt;a href="http://www.truealliance.com.au/" target="_blank"&gt;True Alliance&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="http://www.teva.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Teva&lt;/a&gt; websites.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="SNSPOR" src="http://www.clarkcarter.com/blog/files/snspor.jpg" width="300" height="300"/&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-3103534144584216239?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-16T14:17:39.661+10:00</app:edited></item><item><title>Buff® Headware</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2009/03/buff-headware.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:17:38 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-7302354420906334357</guid><description>I'd just like to welcome my newest sponsor to the team - Buff&amp;reg; Headware! These funky little devices are described as multifunctional headware.&amp;nbsp;The best thing about them (for me) is that you can use the one item for several things, which means you don't need to bring several different head coverings - just the one. No matter what crazy expedition I find myself on, I'll be using these puppies as headbands, bandanas, neck protectors and even play cowboys and Indians and put it over my face (me being the bandit of course) when I get bored.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I highly recommend anybody to check these things out - great Sun protection also!&lt;br /&gt;Visit the Buff&amp;reg; Headware website: &lt;a href="http://www.buff.com.au/" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.buff.com.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font:10px Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:12px Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-7302354420906334357?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-16T14:17:38.611+10:00</app:edited></item><item><title>Victoria Island Doco</title><link>http://wheresclark.blogspot.com/2009/03/victoria-island-doco.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Clark)</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:17:37 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944559618404916446.post-4497869792133277720</guid><description>I met up with Julien Harvey earlier this week to discuss options for  &lt;br&gt;the Victoria Island documentary which Chris and I intend to finish  &lt;br&gt;later this year (hopefully earlier). Julien lives for adventure and  &lt;br&gt;film - the perfect sort of bloke to help steer this documentary in the  &lt;br&gt;right direction. Julien, Chris and I will be working together from now  &lt;br&gt;on to make the World&amp;#39;s greatest adventure documentary! Will keep you  &lt;br&gt;posted on the latest.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/944559618404916446-4497869792133277720?l=wheresclark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-16T14:17:37.524+10:00</app:edited></item></channel></rss>

