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Shop online at bambooclothing.co.uk Off the Wall BAMbassador Andy North Sets Another World Record With The Ultra6 Team And Their Race To Space Challenge The Ultra 6 team are no strangers to long distance endurance challenges for charity raising tens of thousands of pounds for the ABF charity. Previously they ran an ultramarathon followed by a 100-mile bike ride each day from Lands End to John O Groats, setting a world record in the process. Sarah Outen – London 2 London Via The World Sarah Outen MBE is a women on a mission. At BAM we love her story travelling around the world by human power, by bike, kayak and ocean rowing boat. After four years of years of kayaking, rowing and cycling around the planet Sarah had to abandon ship as she was in the path of Hurricane Joaquin mid Atlantic. This week she is completing the final leg by cycling from Falmouth back to the start at Tower Bridge. Please support her charities and wish her well. She is truly incredible brave and determined. Check out more of her story @ www.sarahouten.com/ https://twitter.com/SarahOuten (Give her a follow and a tweet out) Less than 300 Days Until Rio After an incredible London 2012 Olympics and argueably the best Paralympics ever, we hope for more medals and success in Rio. If the recent gold medals galore from some of our amazing Olympians at the World Athletics Champs in Beijing is anything to go by. The headlines were shared by Greg Rutherford, Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah all delivering the goods as well as relay and other successes. British Canoeing have also hosted the World Cup with BAMbassador Bradley Forbes Cryans competing in the Men’s Slalom K1. Bring it on. Keep in touch with news by registering here: www.rio2016.com/en Team GB: www.teamgb.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TeamGB https://twitter.com/TeamGB 18 Andy’s fascination with space travel, mountains and the Tour de France manifested itself in 2015 with the Ultra 6 becoming the first cyclists to travel 100,000ft of vertical ascent, the height of the Stratosphere on Mont Ventoux in France. Another world record to the collection and although a ‘late developer’ as an athlete Andy, now over 50, regularly shows the rest of us that anything is possible. You can follow their ongoing exploits @ www.ultra6.org @anorthadventure/@ultra6challenge Everyday Astronaut On Tour Tim Todd is fondly known as the Everyday Astronaut capturing the imagination of a huge audience on social media with his striking images wearing his space suit on tour. A canny purchase on eBay, a former Soviet issue spacesuit, available in a lovely orange has been seen and photographed in various locations around the house and the planet.