Badwater with a Twist!!

5 weeks and counting and the nerves are back, thinking through this enormous task this year. This year Team Kiwi will look to help me complete the race course and then carry on up and summit Mt Whitney with me, North America's highest mountain, following in the footsteps of the early great Ultra runners of this course. We'll be departing from Badwater, Death Valley at -285ft below sea level on July 11th and finishing at the highest point in America, 14,400 ft, about half of Everest's height! About 250km's in total. We'll be attempting to beat Max Telford's time of 56hr33min's.

Help me to assist The National Burn Centre again this year by going to http://www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/ManonFire/ and contributing to our new $9,000 target for theatre equipment. I'd like to thank Southern Cross Health Society for their support this year.

Join me on course again this year (July 11th) as Gary at iMapping helps to plot my position onto 'live' Google mapping of the Badwater race course and Mt Whitney by 'SPOT' satellite up-link.

Thanks to so many people for their continued support, not the least being my fantastic other half, Lisa Walker. You can also tweet messages throughout the race to @TeamOnFire1 and view live details on the race website at http://www.badwater.com/