NOW ON SALE – How to Get to the North Pole: and Other Adventures

NOW ON SALE – How to Get to the North Pole: and Other Adventures

My new book - How to Get to the North Pole: and Other Iconic Adventures - is now on sale. You can buy it from me, on Amazon or in your local book shop. If you are so desperate to g ...

Subtle Contradictions of Expedition Life

Subtle Contradictions of Expedition Life

Below are Laura's and my own diary entries, respectively, after our first day of walking in Patagonia: We wake around 7am and pack up the tent with few words. We walk, enjoying the ...

No Plans for a While

No Plans for a While

Just a quick note to let you know that, due to "health reasons", I won't be planning any more projects for a while. That includes finishing our cycle from the Scilly to Shetland Is ...

Sharks, Hearts and Death-Bed Regrets

Sharks, Hearts and Death-Bed Regrets

Below are six of the adventure and philosophical blogging highlights from April 2012.  Featured this month is advice on protecting yourself from sharks when swimming across oceans ...

Patagonia Kit List

Patagonia Kit List

Below is a list of the equipment I took to Patagonia. We bought quite a lot of new kit so I've mentioned any particular bargains and expensive items. I think we took too much stuff ...

North vs South: Differences between the Arctic and Antarctica

North vs South: Differences between the Arctic and Antarctica

Expeditions to the North and South Poles have a lot in common and it can be easy to assume that they are both pretty much the same - cold and white. However, they are very differen ...

Where Are We?

Where Are We?

Three days stuck in the same Argentinian town. But which town? See if Laura's diary entry will help you work it out: In the style of those 'Guess the location' features that appear ...

Advice Articles

Subtle Contradictions of Expedition Life

Below are Laura's and my own diary entries, respectively, after our first day of walking in Patagonia: We wake around 7am and pack up the tent with few words. We walk, enjoying the morning peace and our rested legs. Before an hour is up, I feel a flash of irritation - at the incessant flies, at Tim, at my pac more ...

May 17, 2012 (0) comments

Patagonia Kit List

Below is a list of the equipment I took to Patagonia. We bought quite a lot of new kit so I've mentioned any particular bargains and expensive items. I think we took too much stuff though so I've also included what we could have done without. Notes from Laura are in italics. Clothes 1 pair old walking boots ( more ...

May 10, 2012 (0) comments

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