The Adventure Guys
We admit it. We've got great jobs. How many people get told by their bosses to go out and play? We write about those experiences each Thursday in The News Tribune’s Adventure section. But there's always more to the story. Here, Craig Hill and Jeffrey P. Mayor will share the inside stories on their adventures - including their misadventures - plus post news and answer your questions.

CRAIG HILL

Craig Hill is The News Tribune’s injury-prone Adventure writer. After eight years covering college football and basketball, he started writing about  adventure sports in 2004. He writes about everything from mountaineering and cycling to skiing and camping. You can reach him at craig.hill@thenewstribune.com

JEFFREY P. MAYOR

Jeffrey P. Mayor has been The News Tribune’s Adventure editor since 2003, and oversees our weekly Adventure section. His coverage focuses on fishing, hunting, Mount Rainier and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. You can reach him at jeff.mayor@thenewstribune.com

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The inside story on outside recreation for South Puget Sound and beyond
Friday, April 18th, 2008
Posted by Craig Hill @ 10:53:35 am

Jordan Hanssen, one of four UPS graduates who rowed across the North Atlantic in 2006, has finished his latest adventure.

Hanssen arrived in Sydney today completing his trans-Australia bike trip more than three months after it started. Hanssen notified friends at 7:15 a.m. of his arrival in Sydney.

Hanssen, 25, pedaled 3,000 miles through 100-degree heat, snow and long stretches of lonely outback. He started Jan. 15.

He’s spent a day tasting wine on the Margaret River. He’s dropped his bike bags for easier day trips along the white beaches of Esperance and through the mountains near Victoria. He camped on the side of the road most nights but occasionally stayed at hostels.

“I like the freedom of just riding,” Hanssen said midway through his ride. “Depending on who I talk to I can change plans or make detours as I see fit.”

Read much more about Hanssen on his blog, bikeperthtosydney.blogspot.com

For his next adventure, he plans to team up with fellow Atlantic and UPS teammates Greg Spooner to row from New York to Nome, Alaska in 2011.