2012 in 12 Pictures

All in all, 2012 was a pretty good year for me. I tried to do at least one kickass thing for every month of the year.  Here is what I managed:

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Info: this year, I completed Tough Guy Winter 2012, won the EWA British Title, bought a motorbike, climbed the three peaks, ran in the Olympic Stadium, quit my job, saw some amazing live music (including Andrew WK, Volbeat, Metallica, Tenacious D and Black Sabbath), swam in Loch Ness, completed two Spartan Races, squatted 160kg and deadlifted 220kg, learned to climb and learned lots of new sports (including jousting, fencing and judo).

It has been a good year.  I need to keep reminding myself of this.

(I realise there are 13 pictures in there; 12 are stuff I’ve done and the last one is something you guys did, by sponsoring me!)

Jousting. You Heard Me. Jousting.

As part of my Gold Challenge, I am required to do a horse-based event. Given that I don’t know how to ride a horse, however, that pretty much limits me to dressage…or something equally…well…y’know.

Now, don’t get me wrong here. Horse riding can damn cool. CAN BE damn cool. The stuff I see in the Olympics, however…let’s just say it isn’t me. Still, I did agree to try as many of these sports as possible. As a compromise, therefore, I decided to saddle up, but try something a little more badass…like jousting.

Oh, did I mentioned I’m also allergic to horses?