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Defo drinking the kool aid... Flying is something really special #skymanparaglider
Sure what else would you be at on a Tuesday morning!! 116 Days To Go until @tordesgeants #tordesgeants2019 #tordesgeants
Outdoorsing in the vertical world of Chamonix Mont Blanc where life is good!
Grinding out the last lap of Plannards trails last weekend for the first European ‘Running Up For Air’ by @patagoniachamonix . Really great event to raise awareness for air quality in Chamonix because despite what people think it’s not the best here, car/truck pollution from the Mont Blanc tunnel as well as a deep valley means air gets stuck in the bottom often. I know I’m not one to talk as I work in Oil & Gas but I don’t drive and am committed to less travel this year. Pic by @ollybowmanphotography
#LowHeartRateBeastMode🤣 My first long-ish run on Sunday with @trainersoverheels was a great one, she is scaling down post 100 mile race and I’m scaling up 😁 . So far so good here and hitting all the right markers. It’s been some what frustrating having to hold back and ease into things but it’s all about the long game and turning myself into a low heart efficient machine. The route to real endurance is a long one and I’m trying to do it right now being coached by @paulmissinglink and I’m hugely inspired by all things @uphill_athlete too. . I used to value high intensity training as the end all to fitness but I’ve discovered through experimentation and experience it really has the opposite affect. Too much time spent in higher HR zones has created ADS (Aerobic Deficiency Syndrome) now the bulk of my volume is below 140bpm and I’m slowly getting faster operating at these levels. That’s the key to success in long AF ultra’s. . 129 Days to @tordesgeants #tordesgeants #tordesgeants2019
Trip up the Midi this afternoon post training and an awesome Hike & Fly for my 2nd solo flight on my way to learning the trade, yes I will be flying off here and Mont Blanc at some stage down the line . But in the meantime let’s hang out up here and get the red blood cell production up. Oh and I probably should get the splitboard out as it’s looking like sticky snow season has arrived.
Back in Chamonix from working in Norway the last 10 days, spring has hit, managed to ski tour Gran Paradiso and been getting in some trails, not sure if I’ll get out on the split again as I’m all about the trails right now and training for #tordesgeants2019 139 Days to go #tordesgeants
@divekirbymorgan 17C SLS helmets, getting the boat ready to go offshore in Norway for a few weeks of diving at the civilised depth of 52m working mid water doing a repair job. #satdiving #saturationdiving #commercialdiving 📸: @stucowie1
Just a guy trying to get his sports on #splitboarding 📸: @sharon_and_lee
Got into via lottery @tordesgeants , 330km with 25,000m of vert, non stop with 150hr cut off, September 8th. Super excited and intimidated by this one, especially since I’m working as a sat diver and how that is the worst possible job in the world for this sort of endurance where regularly I’ll have to climb above 3,000m altitude, but not using it as excuse and plan to get the job done, I’ve enlisted the help of Paul Tierney, all Ireland Hurling winner with Cork turned elite ultra runner and coach who has placed top 25 the last 2 years @paulmissinglink
Last day #Splitboarding at @solmountainlodge and what a week it has been, not gonna lie it’s been hard on the body travelling and then banging out multiple days upto 2,000m of climbing but I’ll be back in Chamonix soon and might have a little rest there or not! So stoked to be back in the mountains this year!
Ripping back to the lodge for more intense feeding, such a great week so far at @solmountainlodge deep in the Monashee Mountains if BC, this last minute spot came up and I jumped at it while the weather is warm and dry in the alps, so great to hang out with friends Lee and Sharon who introduced me to the backcountry world in 2009
Another great day in the Alpine in the Monashee Mountains, summited and skied NE face of Mt Fosthall with @_instagrahame & @sharon_and_lee

Gavan Hennigan is an Irish Extreme Environment Athlete who hails from Galway... Read More