Cas and Jonesy

Cas and Jonesy
BornJames John Castrission
(1982-03-14) 14 March 1982 (age 42)
Sydney
Justin Roderick Jones
(1983-06-20) 20 June 1983 (age 41)
Sydney
Occupation(s)Adventurers, endurance athletes, motivational speakers, writer and film producer
Website[1]

Cas and Jonesy are an Australian duo known for being explorers, endurance athletes, motivational speakers, as well as a writer and documentary producer respectively. Their given names are James John Castrission (born 14 March 1982) and Justin Roderick Jones (born 20 June 1983).

In 2008 they kayaked 3318 km across the Tasman Sea from Australia to New Zealand, becoming the first to do so.[1][2]

On 26 January 2012, Castrission and Jones completed the first unsupported polar expedition from the edge of Antarctica to the South Pole and back without mechanical assistance. After 89 days they made it back to the coast, having skied 2275 km while towing sleds full of supplies.[3][4] They arrived alongside Aleksander Gamme who had waited for them so they could all finish together.

  1. ^ "Sea To Summit – Cas and Jonesy". Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Sail World – Crossing the Ditch team irons out problems- Cas and Jonesy, conquerors of the Murray, Tasman and South Pole".
  3. ^ "Australian Geographic to the South Pole and Back". Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Australian Climbing Festival Crossing the Ice". Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.