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Italian Job by @sampsonian via @newandlingwood

Last nights sunset and one of my last ones before going back to work and back to the deep dark depths of the Med, been a great week home eating and recovering from a busy July of trails and ended up run/walking 500km and climbing 25,000m in the Mountains @likeys_shop @gutzifoods

Finish photo from the weekend, defo had enough at that stage #ferked #lakeland100 @lakeland_50_100 @montaneofficial @likeys_shop

LakeLand 100 - 29hrs 59mins. Really tough day out, started off in baking hot summer conditions into thunderstorms during the night and eventually driving wind and rain. .
Was going really well until about mile 90 when I got lost, went off course by a few km, got soaked to the bone, got cold, legs seized up, stomach went.
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Hobbled the last few miles in absolute tatters mentally and physically with this definition of Endurance rolling around in my head ‘the struggle to continue against the mounting desire to stop’ sums up the last 6 hours to a tee! @likeys_shop

In the Lake District for a weekend of fun through the fells, Lakeland 100mile Ultra, one of the biggest Ultra races out there, 500 punters starting this evening at 6pm to do a full loop of the area including 6,750m of climbing. Hopefully the body holds up after the last few weeks in the Pyrenees, repping team @likeys_shop with @foshy1 TRACKING LINK IN BIO race number 198🔥😎😜

Let that mountain yoga set you free, only for the ultra conscious of course
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Just finished up after 12 days, 350km and 18,000m of climbing through the Pyrenees following the GR11 trail and HRP Haute Route Pyrenees.

Looking up at Monte Perido Massif, some of highest mountains in the Pyrenees. Amazing journey so far and absolutely blown away by the natural beauty of these mountains and valleys. @likeys_shop @tangerinecomms @gutzifoods @garminoutdoor

Morning coffee on Day 6 GR11 Trail #CampVibes

Great first Day fast packing the GR11 trail across the Pyrenees, got in 37km with 1500m of climbing and only in the foothills, a lot more vert to come.. @likeys_shop @gutzifoods @tangerinecomms @garminoutdoor #goatworthy #fastpacking #getoutstayout

Back in the land of the living again after a month offshore Libya

Testing out the latest @ultimatedirectionusa Adventure Vest 4.0 last weekend in Skye from @likeys_shop, really solid bit of kit with loads of room for extra kit as well as hydration bladder, sits very comfortably too. Check out the full range as well as every bit of juicy trail kit imaginable at www.likeys.com #likeysambassador #likeys

Running the Skye Trail Ultra 75 Miles last weekend, this weekend running around the seabed of the Mediterranean 📷 : Fiona Rennie

Cycle sesh with my pal the awesome @kikomatthews along the Thames Path in the rain getting soaked to the bone, nice bit of recovery for the legs after the weekend and before I ship out to work this week, off to Libya to dive the murky depths of the Med at 200m.
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New blog post up about my job as Saturation Diver. I did a Q&A with @avauntmag recently. Link In Bio.

About Gavan

Gavan Hennigan from Galway Ireland is an extreme environment athlete who has travelled to the Arctic, Antarctic, Svalbard, Alaska and many more places, ultra running, snowboarding, splitboarding, surfing, mountaineering and ccean rowing. He works as a commercial diver on the oil rigs of the world and has completed 2 of the longest and toughest Ultra Marathons - the Likeys 6633 Ultra - a 350 mile non stop race - and the Yukon Arctic Ultra - a 300 mile winter race. He has climbed high altitude peaks in Nepal and dived to depths over 200m. He has climbed and snowboarded peaks on the Antarctic Peninsula and Svalbard in the Arctic. He plans to row the Atlantic solo in 2016. gavan, hennigan, adventure, adventurer, extreme, athlete, ultra marathon, irish, ireland, rowing, ocean rowing, extreme environment athlete, splitboard, splitboarding, endurance, ultra endurance, sleep deprivation, arctic, antarctic, british columbia, svalbard, likeys 6633, yukon arctic ultra, talisker whisky, atlantic challenge, row the atlantic, solo atlantic row, blog, adventures, gavin, alps, nepal, himalaya, siberia, russia, lake baikal, triathlon, galway, galway bay, boat, ocean rowing boat, snowboarding, surfing, adventure racing, alaska, canada, commercial diver, diver, ultra running, mountaineering, solo, unsupported, self sufficient

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