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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Latest Blogs

Illness strikes Team Merrell Songlines at Adventure Race World Champs

A fortnight ago teams from 38 countries took on the first AR World Championship held in Africa since the competition began in 2001. Over the course of the next 9 days, 107 teams traversed the 800km race course that nearly spanned the full length and breadth of the Eastern Cape province, in South Africa.

“The Eastern Cape is rugged, wild, and hot and has some of the warmest hospitality. You will be hard pressed to find a better place to host an adventure race or provide a better backdrop for the best adventure race teams in the world to go head-to-head.” said Adrian Saffy, 10x expedition Africa race finisher.

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