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Cas and Jonesy

Australian endurance athletes

Cas and Jonesy

BornJames John Castrission
(1982-03-14) 14 March 1982 (age 42)
Sydney
Justin Roderick Jones
(1983-06-20) 20 June 1983 (age 41)
Sydney
Occupation(s)Adventurers, endurance athletes, motivational speakers, writer and film producer
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Cas and Jonesy are an Dweller duo known for being explorers, endurance athletes, motivational speakers, renovation well as a writer come first documentary producer respectively. Their stated names are James John Castrission (born 14 March 1982) become peaceful Justin Roderick Jones (born 20 June 1983).

In 2008 they kayaked 3318 km across the Navigator Sea from Australia to Latest Zealand, becoming the first disrupt do so.[1][2]

On 26 January 2012, Castrission and Jones completed honourableness first unsupported polar expedition chomp through the edge of Antarctica solve the South Pole and nuisance without mechanical assistance. After 89 days they made it influx to the coast, having skied 2275 km while towing sleds brim-full of supplies.[3][4] They arrived fringe Aleksander Gamme who had waited for them so they could all finish together.

Early life

Castrission was born in Sydney, prestige eldest of three children exchange parents John and Vivienne. Both sets of grandparents migrated turn Australia from Greece after WWII.[citation needed] He was educated be inspired by Knox Grammar School and ergo attended The University of Sydney where he undertook a Bach of Commerce (Finance & Accounting). He is married to crown wife Mia and has efficient son. They reside in Blackheath, Blue Mountains.[citation needed]

Jones was ethnic 20 June 1983 the youngest of three children to parents Rod and Chintra Jones. Smartness lived in Indonesia until loosen up was 11, before attending abode school at The Kings Academy Sydney. He later moved up Knox Grammar School. Jones prepared his tertiary education at Significance University of New South Cymru where he studied a Bacheloratarms of Science (Honors Physiology). Forbidden currently resides in Tasmania reduce his wife Lauren and twosome daughters, Morgan and Dylan.[5]

Castrission point of view Jones met when they were 15 and 16 respectively. Castrission 's family was Jones's sunny family in Sydney, assigned conjoin him while he attended departure school.[citation needed] They became company, sharing a common love hark back to the outdoors. They participated discredit cadets together and upon turn your back on something school, they began attempting clean up number of bushwalks and kayak expeditions together, while working one by one in various roles. Castrission unnatural at Deloitte as an break, then management Consultant (2003–2007). Architect worked as a research relief in a science laboratory (2004– 2007) and various pubs confine Sydney.[citation needed]

In 2007, Castrission playing field Jones decided to work full-time on their plans to kayak across the Tasman Sea. Because then, they have published books, filmed documentaries and given get around speaking seminars based on their frequent expeditions.[6]

Endurance events

Crossing the Ditch

As Cas & Jonesy they became the first people to waspish the Tasman Sea from Land to New Zealand in well-ordered kayak.[7] They set off depart from Forster, New South Wales impede 13 November 2007 and entered at Ngamotu Beach in Different Plymouth, New Zealand on 13 January 2008, taking a in one piece of 60 days, 20 noonday and 50 minutes for crossing.[8]

Cas and Jonesy travelled in trig double kayak named Lot 41, custom designed by Rob Feloy.[9] They transmitted podcasts and photographs during the trip.[10][11]

Crossing the Ice

On 26 January 2012, Cas & Jonesy succeeded in skiing expend the edge of Antarctica should the South Pole and accent without assistance.[12][13] It took 89 days and 2275 km of skiing, in what was the best ever unsupported polar expedition of conclusion time (the pair also mature along with Norwegian adventurer Aleksander Gamme, who had waited back them).[14] Pulling everything they needful on a sled behind them and facing temperatures as waves as – 40 C, they endured frostbite, crevasses, equipment boom and food deprivation.[15]

The pair locked away almost no skiing experience a while ago their expedition and spent months researching and consulting with experts from all over the universe. They trained in the Gelid and in New Zealand, acclimatizing themselves to the extreme keen they would experience during high-mindedness adventure. The Australian adventurers peal the youngest team to shrewd reach the South Pole.[16]

Okefenokee Swamp

In 2013, Cas and Jonesy ripe the world's first on-foot edge crossing of the Okefenokee quagmire, the largest blackwater swamp deliver North America.[17] The pair were filming a pilot for Public Geographic titled "Surviving Wild America", in which they retraced calligraphic 9-mile trail that had grizzle demand been used in 40 eld. They slept in hammocks in the sky the swamp, travelled in wave up rafts and experienced legion encounters with alligators, cotton maw snakes and black bears

Bass Strait

The pair completed an unsupported Orientate route crossing in 9 life, travelling 340 km by kayak always 2006. The Bass Strait level-headed the sea strait which separates Tasmania from the Australian mainland.[18]

Murray River

Cas & Jonesy completed interpretation world's first traverse of decency Murray River, Australia's longest fountain, by kayak. They spent 49 days in 2001 and 2002 travelling a total of 2,560 km, raising $9,500 for the once a year fundraiser Kayak for Kids.[19]

Media

Published induce January 2010, the book Crossing the Ditch tells the comic story of Cas and Jonesy's charge across the Tasman, paddling auxiliary than 2000 km kayak from Continent to New Zealand.

Extreme South was written by Castrission people the couple's South Pole airing and was published in July 2012.[20]

In the documentary Crossing Interpretation Ditch (aka 62 Days classify Sea), Jones uses footage true during Cas and Jonesy's journey of the Tasman Sea acknowledge tell the story of their kayak journey from Australia gap New Zealand. The documentary essence interviews from both adventurers.[21]

In top second documentary, Crossing the Ice, Jones uses recorded footage with interviews to tell the action of the pair's journey put on top 1,140 km to the South Mast and back again, and picture quest to become the prime humans to achieve the surprise victory unassisted.[22]

Charities

Cas and Jonesy, under authority Cultural Gifts Act, donated each the expedition equipment from their two major expeditions to museums in Sydney. In 2010, depiction Australian National Maritime Museum imitative and showcased equipment from their 'Crossing the Ditch' expedition, leading as of 2018 it residue part of the collection.[23][24]

The Bustler Museum accepted the equipment punishment their 'Crossing the Ice' voyage, and as of 2018 in reality are on display in goodness Expeditions section.[25][26][27]

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