I am a Finance Degree-qualified Banking & Legal Sector Business Analyst / Project Manager, who grew up and was educated in South Africa (via St Alban’s College, the University of South Africa, and 5 years Accounting Articles at Ernst & Young). My earliest inspiration – both to adventure, and aviation – was as a Scouts […]
Read moreI became the first person from Africa to race / walk to both the North Pole and the South Pole. I placed fourth (first mixed team) out of six teams in the inaugural six-week 600 Mile (1 000 Km) cross-country skiing race to the South Pole, Antarctica (January 2009). Coldest day ? Minus 63 degrees […]
Read morewww.comrades.com Double-Green (Permanent) Number 2338 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comrades_Marathon Synopsis : The Comrades Marathon is an ultra-marathon of approximately 89 km (approx. 56 miles) which is run annually in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa between the cities of Durban and […]
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The Comrades Marathon has been an utterly life-changing event in my life for so many reasons – all of them extremely positive. This is my article on Comrades for Ultra Running Magazine’s website. What an honour to be published in such an elite magazine.
https://www.ultrarunning.com/featured/comrades-memories-hylton-james-double-green-number-2338/