Team
Songlines
Meet the Team
Our squad is made up of some of Africa’s best multisport athletes and adventurers. Between them they have won and taken on Dusi Canoe Marathons, Camel Trophies, Ironman Triathlons, major offshore sailing races, expeditions to South and North Pole and more.
Kelvin Trautman
Plettenberg Bay, South Africa
I grew up in a family where sport and pushing one's physical limits were adorned. This love was the segway to building a career as an adventure
Lance Kime
Cape Town, South Africa
I grew up in a family that spent most of our weekends and holidays hiking and cycling which sparked my love for will places and exploring.
Jeannie Bomford-Dreyer
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
I grew up loving school sports of all sorts, but I have few memories of riding a bicycle, more memories of not really loving XC running
John Collins
Knysna
I enjoyed middle distance track running during my teenage years representing the province at a school level. Towards the end of my teens
Race results
2021
A1 Vasbyt
2nd overall
Kinetic Bronkhorstspruit
6th overall
Kinetic Swellendam
1st overall
Kinetic Parys
1st overall
A1 Montagu
2nd overall
Kinetic Cape St Francis
2nd overall
Kinetic/Transkei Tuff
1st overall
Kinetic Drakensberg
1st overall
A1 Riverdale
1st overall
2022
A1 Vasbyt
1st overall
ARWS Afica Transkei Tuff
1st overall
Kinetic Swellendam
1st overall
ARWS Africa Wilderness
1st overall
ARWS Africa Wakkerstroom
1st overall
Adventure Race World Champs, Paraguay
8th overall
2023
A1 Vasbyt
1st overall
ARWS Africa Drakensberg
1st overall
Mountain Mammoth PE
1st overall
Team Product Reviews
Agility Peak 4
Out of the box comfortable
As a team we have been using the Agility Peak 4 shoes for the past month training for a 500km adventure race across Lesotho. For Jess, Lance, John, and myself this was the first time using Merrell shoes. There was natural trepidation amongst us trying new shoes so close to a big race. We made a big effort to put the Agility Peak 4’s to the test, taking them into the Cape and Drakensberg mountains, along beaches and forest trails, and even on some tar. Now as we head to Lesotho for the start of our adventure race the consensus is we have a shoe that is up for the job.
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Merrell Songlines off to a winning start in 2024
Team Merrell Songlines took just over 26 hours to take line honours at the first race of the Africa Adventure Race World Series on 3rd February.
Race director, Adrian Saffy set the 36hr race competitors a 200km course starting and finishing in the mountain town of Rhodes, high up in the Maluti mountains of the Eastern Cape province.
“We knew the race would be a good physical test given the area’s altitude and mountainous terrain, and we weren’t wrong. The first leg really set the tone with a 30km, 1000m mountain bike climb up the infamous Naudes Nek Pass.” said Kelvin Trautman.
