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Home About the Event Press Articles 2005 World Record Entry Forms Venue and Route The Teams Training Multimedia Support Services Schedule Sponsors Charity Donate Friends of the Challenge Contact	Sgt James Bastin Date of Birth 10/05/70 I am 34 year old single Sergeant in the Grenadier Guards, I was born in Stroud, Gloucestershire and was brought up and went to school in Dursley, Gloucestershire. I left school at the earliest opportunity to join the Army, which I did in January 1987 as a Junior Guardsman at the Guards Depot in Pirbright Surrey. Ten months later I passed out as a Guardsman, and was posted to the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards at Oxford Barracks in Germany.   Throughout my Army career I have been kept busy with operational tours to Northern Ireland, The Gulf and Bosnia and conducted training exercises in Germany, Denmark, Canada, Kenya, Brunei, Norway and America. I have also spent time at training establishments training recruits and Junior Non-Commissioned Officers. During my career I have had the opportunity to take part in a large number of adventurous training activities such as climbing expeditions in the Alps, Atlas and Canadian Rockies, white-water kayaking in the United Kingdom, Alps, and the Rockies. I am also a keen skier of high mountain trail, downhill and cross-country and have skied in many different countries. My most recent interest is surfing.   My interest in rowing has risen solely from Concept 2 rowing machines which I use as a fitness training aid. I have never rowed in a rowing boat before. The reason I started to use the Concept 2 machine was mainly due to the fact that their light weight and relatively small dimensions means that no matter where you are on operations or exercising there is generally (always) a Concept 2 rower begging to be used. So when the opportunity to get out on the high seas for real surfaced, I couldn’t let it pass.   When not at work I spend my time working on my house, tinkering with old cars, sailing around the Devon and Cornish coastline, and visiting friends and family. James Bastin's Online Diary - click here to read