Smitten to South Pole

Hi all. I'm glad to announce that I'll be heading to the South Pole again in December. Instead of skiing there I'll be flying in and then skiing over 1000km back to the coast. So begins the first leg of Pat Farmer's epic trip from South Pole to North Pole over more than a year. I'll be guiding him on the polar sections, everything else he does on the run, literally. see www.poletopolerun.com. As always Smitten will be with us for the long haul. Thanks guys. Eric (www.icetrek.com)

More pics from Europe

Rapid Descent Racing team paddlers Stewart Bennett and Ben Maynard have flicked us more great shots from their European tour - cheers boys!

Tassie Boaters do Good at the Worlds

A big shout-out to Tassie paddlers Ben Maynard, Dan Hall, Stuart Bennett and Matt Dalziel, who are back from another successful European tour.

Here's the highlights:

Dan Hall

• 5th World Championhips Sprint Teams - Sort, Spain

Stewart Bennett

• 1st Soca International Classic - Kobarid, Slovenia
• 2 x 5th World Championships Sprint and Classic Teams - Sort, Spain
• 18th individual classic

Matt Dalziel

• 5th World Champiosnhips Classic Teams - Sort, Spain
• 17th individual classic
• World Masters Champion Classic

Ben Maynard - Overall World Cup Rank 18th!

• 2 x 9th Pyrenees Cup Sprint and Classic - Sort, Spain
• 3rd Austrian Championships Classic on the Steyr River
• 6th Soca International Sprint - Kobarid, Slovenia
• 2 x 5th World Championships Sprint and Classic Teams - Sort, Spain
• 20th individual Classic
• 22nd individual sprint
• 19th World Cup 1 Classic - Bovec, Slovenia
• 21st World Cup 2 Sprint
• 14th World Cup 3 Classic - Valtellina, Italy
• 8th World Cup 4 Sprint
• 16th World Cup 5 Sprint - Lofer, Austria
• 22nd World Cup 6 Classic

For complete results and images, check out Rapid Descent Racing. Top job boys - time to kick back on some Tassie creeks!