I first heard of Greg from Rick Willoughby, who has been a major technical contributor to Greg’s attempts on human-powered boat records. In those days, Greg was planning to pedal across the Atlantic alone – but gave up because of bureaucratic hassle over permission to land in Europe. I can’t remember hearing of early sailors or aviators having that kind of problem – maybe it’ s all to do with anti-terrorist laws…
Greg jacked in the rat-race in his thirties. It sounds as if he was a typical overweight, stressed-out company man – he shed 50 pounds while training for a triathlon. Now one of Greg’s jobs is giving seminars on motivation. He’s certainly well-qualified to do so – take a look at the goals Greg has set himself. Already the holder of the world 24-hour human-powered land record, having pedalled 647 miles, he is now in his far more complex waterborne phase. The current trip of about 400Km is a warm-up for the main 4,300Km trip from Tofino, BC to Hawaii. Let’s hope Greg and his colleague are still as good friends at the end of it all.
Here’s wishing you both success!
