I suspect that many of you will already be aware of the website CouchSurfing.org or can at least guess at the principle. It’s a network of people all over the world who are willing to offer cups of tea, showers and/or couches on which to crash. It operates entirely without the use of money – [...]
Just because someone has achieved great expedition feats it does not automatically make them a great person. It is quite common to describe someone who has completed a great expedition as “an amazing person” or similar. I would dispute that assumption. Such achievements should be rightly recognised and hailed for what they are: feats of [...]
‘My friend does that’, shouted down the lady from the side of her boat as my now wife and I swam past in the river below. ‘It’s that “Wild Swimming” thing, isn’t it?’. I smiled and said Yes but something about what she said irked me. She was friendly enough and she was right about [...]
My wife, Laura, recently visited the Kingdom of Bhutan. Here is why she thinks you should too… 1) The yeti lives there. It is the only country in the world with a dedicated yeti nature reserve and sightings are almost guaranteed.* 2) Television, the internet and mobile phones were only allowed in the country in [...]
Last month I attended a course on natural navigation – learning to find your orientation without map, compass GPS or any other instructions, relying instead on cues from nature. Tristan Gooley wrote a book called The Natural Navigator – which I’d highly recommend – and he also runs courses. Here, in brief, are some simplified [...]
Tim Moss has organised expeditions on all seven continents and a couple in his back yard too. He believes strongly that adventure should be available to everyone.
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