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 ...

What We Took While Running the Tube

What We Took While Running the Tube

A brief overview of the kit we used on our Tube running challenge, as well as the food and drink we took: What we wore Running shoes - mine were old New Balance, Laura's were new A ...

A Mountain of Experts

A Mountain of Experts

One of the added joys of writing my book last year was that I had an excuse to contact many legendary names, people whose books I'd read and names I'd heard countless times but nev ...

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 ...

Advice Articles

A Mountain of Experts

One of the added joys of writing my book last year was that I had an excuse to contact many legendary names, people whose books I'd read and names I'd heard countless times but never met. Here are the mountaineers that kindly contributed a piece of advice for the How To Climb An Unclimbed Mountain chapter: Co more ...

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What We Took While Running the Tube

A brief overview of the kit we used on our Tube running challenge, as well as the food and drink we took: What we wore Running shoes - mine were old New Balance, Laura's were new Asics. Socks - we each always used the same pair of running socks, both from Decathlon. They retained less moisture than other sock more ...

May 21, 2012 (0) comments

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