Improbably, Joel and his rogaining partner Phil Whitten sneaked in by only 20 points (out of 2690) to win the 24-h Australian Rogaining Championships held last weekend in the Eastern MacDonnell Ranges near Alice Springs. For those of you who have never heard of the sport, rogaining is a long-distance version of orienteering. You are given a topographic map with ~50-60 specific points marked on it (each worth different amounts of points) and you have to plan a course to visit as many of them as possible in the allotted time – anywhere from 6-24 h depending on the event. Joel and Phil covered ~90-100 km over the 24 h, across fairly uncompromising central Australian terrain filled with panoramic views and spinifex bushes. The web site for the event is here.